fóra

See also: fora, fòra, fôra, and föra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfo.ɾa]

Verb

fóra

1. Pre-2016 spelling of fora (first and third singular conditional of ser and ésser).

Usage notes

The spelling fóra was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːra]
• Rhymes: -oːra
• Hyphenation: fó‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

fóra

1. inflection of fórum:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 2

Noun

fóra

1. (expressive) accusative singular of fór (only in expressions like "dát fóra" or "mít fóra", meaning "to give a head start" or "to have a head start")

   Dal jsem mu 10 metrů fóra a stejně jsem vyhrál.

   I gave him a 10-metre head start and I still won.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin forās (“outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾa/ [ˈfo.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa

Adverb

fóra

1. outside (on the outside of a building or location)

   Synonym: dentro

Preposition

fóra

1. notwithstanding; except (with the exception of)
   • 1753, Diego Cernadas, Adán non pudo pecar:

     Fixo penitencias rexas
     Adàn de foles vestido,
     Que os foles, fora ô curtido,
     ô mismo sòn que pellexas

     Adam, wearing bags,
     made hard penitences,
     because bags, notwithstanding the tanning,
     the same are with pelts

Interjection

fóra!

1. go away!; out! (demanding that someone leave)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fóra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fóra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “fóra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German fôre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfwora/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: fó‧ra

Noun

fóra f (diminutive fórka)

1. cart

   Synonym: wóz

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “fura”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “fura”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]