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Translation

conforming, in accordance with; consistent

Word origin

From Latin conformis, of the same shape, built there from com- ('together with') and forma ('shape'). The Latin build is genuine; Esperanto borrowed the finished adjective rather than assembling it again.

Origin
Latin
Root
conformis
English cognates
conform, conformity

Examples

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His work is not in accordance with the rules.

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The new house complies with the law.

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The answer must be consistent with the truth.

The false seam here is subtler than most, because the pieces really do exist somewhere. looks like kon- plus formo, and in Latin that is precisely what it was: com- plus forma, having the same shape. But Esperanto has no kon- prefix. The with-prefix in this language is -, so a genuine Esperanto build would have produced kunforma, which is not a word anybody uses. Konform- is one imported root, and inside it is a fossil rather than a component.

That distinction is the whole point of the Esperanto word-building system. A real build can be taken apart and reassembled by any speaker; a fossil cannot, and treating it as a build produces confident nonsense. The same applies to , and : Latin prefixes, Esperanto roots.

Grammatically, takes : , . The adverb konforme is the commoner form in official prose (konforme statuto), the verb is konformi , and i is to bring one thing into line with another. Where the meaning is simply matching, responda and kongrua are the plainer choices.

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This word is part of lesson 38.