muotoillut

Muotoillut is the Finnish past participle form of the verb muotoilla, meaning to shape, form or design. As an adjective, muotoillut describes something that has undergone a shaping or formatting process. The form is used to indicate that a noun has been formatted or styled in a particular way.

Common uses include muotoillut tekstit (formatted texts), muotoillut taulukot (formatted tables) and muotoillut raportit (formatted reports). In information technology and publishing, muotoillut often refers to content that has been styled with markup, templates or CSS. The term can apply to both physical design and digital formatting.

Grammatical notes: muotoillut is the plural past participle form. The singular past participle is muotoiltu. The word agrees with the noun it modifies in number (and, when appropriate, in other grammatical features). It derives from muotoilla plus the standard past participle suffix -iltu, yielding muotoiltu (singular) and muotoillut (plural).

Etymology: The base muoto means form or shape, and muotoilla is the verb “to shape/form/design.” The past participle muotoiltu/muotoillut expresses a completed shaping or formatting action.

See also: muotoilu (design or styling) and muotoilija (designer).