

While the three-dimensional shapes, though they look a lot like the two-dimensional forms, have a volume in width, height, and depth. Those are the circle, triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus, etc. The two-dimensional forms are flat with no volume. The shape includes the angles, the surface, and the boundary lines, and it can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. In mathematics, shapes are the outlines and structures of objects. It is even said that the term has origins in the Greek word άμορφος – ámorfos (Amorphous – Eng/Amorfo – Esp), which has the same meaning as the Latin term.Īnd as you know, we often use the term ‘amorphous’ to talk about objects that do not have clear shapes. And so, the word ‘forma’ generally connotes beauty.

For example, the human body has been seen as a beautiful figure of magnificent proportions for centuries. This word usually expresses the beauty of things. The word for ‘shapes’ in the Spanish language is ‘forma.’ You might have already noticed that it sounds similar to the English term ‘form.’ It is because it comes from the Latin ‘ fōrma/fōrmae,’ which means image, figure, configuration, and beautiful.

However, you might have felt that way if you wanted to do it in a foreign language. Shapes! What would we do without them? Imagine how strange it would be not to be able to define the form of an object.
