Japanese symbol for “formatting”
フォーマット
フォーマット
Romaji: foomatto
format; form
In Japanese, formatting is フォーマット (foomatto).
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Meanings
- n format; form
- n (data) format (comp)
- n, vs, vt formatting (a disk); format (comp)
Other Japanese words for “formatting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 書式付け | しょしきつけ shoshikitsuke | formatting |
| 書式設定 | しょしきせってい shoshikisettei | formatting |
| フォーマッティング | フォーマッティング foomattingu | formatting |
| 初期化 | しょきか shokika | formatting (a disk); initialization |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.