fora

See also: fóra, fòra, fôra, föra, and føra

English

Noun

fora

1. plural of forum (alternative form of forums).
   • 2010 October 14, United Nations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1945:

     Welcomes the Committee’s work, which has drawn on the reports of the Panel of Experts and taken advantage of the work done in other fora, to draw attention to the responsibilities of private sector actors in conflict affected areas;

Usage notes

The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.

Further reading

• forums, fora at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, Faro, Fårö, RAFO, afro, faro

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Greek φόρα (fóra, “pace; impetus”), compare the expression παίρνω φόρα (paírno fóra, “gain courage”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾa/
• Rhymes: -oɾa

Adverb

fora

1. (colloquial) daringly, boldly, bravely

   Synonym: trimërisht

References

• “fóra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 493b

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin forās (“outside”) (compare Occitan fòra, French hors, Spanish fuera), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfɔ.ɾa]

Preposition

fora

1. out, outside

   Antonyms: dins, dintre

Derived terms

• afores
• fora de servei

Adverb

fora

1. outside

   Antonyms: dins, dintre

2. away

Derived terms

• fora de sèrie

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fóra (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fora

1. first/third-person singular conditional of ésser
2. first/third-person singular conditional of ser

Further reading

• “fora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

fora

1. plural of forum

Esperanto

Etymology

for +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈfora]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Adjective

fora (accusative singular foran, plural foraj, accusative plural forajn)

1. far, distant

Related terms

• fordoni
• fordormi
• foresti
• forflugi
• forigi
• foriĝi
• foriri
• forĵeti
• forkomenti
• forkuri
• forlasi
• formeti
• formorti
• forpasi
• forpeli
• forporti
• forpreni
• forpuŝi
• forrabi
• forstreki
• foruzi
• forvendi
• forveturi

 

French

Verb

fora

1. third-person singular past historic of forer

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb

fora

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

fora

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser

Ido

Adjective

fora

1. distant

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfora]
• Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Noun

fora (first-person possessive foraku, second-person possessive foramu, third-person possessive foranya)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of forum

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: fò‧ra

Preposition

fora

1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of fuori
   1. out, outside, outwards (towards the outside)
      • early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[2], line 90; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

        Or che di là dal mal fiume dimora,
        più muover non mi può, per quella legge
        che fatta fu quando me n’usci’ fora.

        Now that she [​Marcia​] dwells beyond the wicked river, she can no longer move me, by that law which was made when I came out of there.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra, (traditional) -ora
• Hyphenation: fò‧ra, (traditional) fó‧ra

Verb

fora

1. inflection of forare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• afro, afro-, faro, farò

Latin

Noun

fora

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of forum

References

• fora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin forās

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔːrə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈfoːră]

Adverb

fora

1. outside

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 356: “di dentro e di fuori” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of forum) forumer
• (of for) forene

Noun

fora n

1. indefinite plural of forum
2. definite plural of for

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From for, fòr (“furrow”).

Alternative forms

• fore, fòra, fòre

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)

1. to furrow

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fóðra.

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)

1. Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 3

From for, fôr (“lining of clothes”).

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)

1. Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fora f

1. singular definite of for
2. singular definite of for
3. singular definite of fore
4. singular definite of fore

fora n

1. plural definite of for
2. plural definite of for

fora n pl (non-standard since 2012)

1. inflection of forum:
   1. plural indefinite
   2. plural definite

References

• “fora”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

• for, fore

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ra/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

1. before, against, in the presence of

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vor, vore
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: vóar, bóar

    Mòcheno: vour

  • Central Franconian: vür
  • German: vor

References

• Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfora]

Etymology 1

Univerbation of for (“on”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

fora (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. on his/her/its/their
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 97^d10

     Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doib di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.

     It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that Good would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.

Etymology 2

for (“on”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

fora·

1. on whom/which
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^d15

     In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora·tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.

     The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• for, fore, fur, far

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore; from Proto-Germanic *furai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rɑ/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

1. before, against

Synonyms

• biforan
• withar
• with

Descendants

• German Low German: för, vär, veer, ver; vör, vœr

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

1. outside

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: fo‧ra

Noun

fora

1. nominative plural of forum
2. accusative plural of forum
3. vocative plural of forum

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Adverb

fora (not comparable)

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

   Fiquei trancado fora da minha casa. ― I got locked outside my house.

2. abroad; overseas (in another country)

   Morei fora por dois anos. ― I lived abroad for two years.

3. out (away from home or one’s usual place)

   Hoje jantarei fora. ― Today I’ll dine out.

4. away (to be discarded)

   Joga esse lixo fora. ― Throw away this trash.

Derived terms

• afora
• dar o fora
• de fora a fora
• e por aí fora
• fora de
• fora-da-lei
• por fora

 

Preposition

fora

1. except (with the exception of)

   Synonym: exceto

   Todos leram o livro, fora o João. ― Everyone read the book, except John.

Noun

fora m (plural foras)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) rejection of a romantic proposal

Interjection

fora!

2. out! (demanding that someone leave)

   Synonyms: andor, rua

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin fueram (1st person) and fuerat (3rd person), inflected forms of sum (“to be”).

Alternative forms

• fôra (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Verb

fora

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir
2. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French forer, from Latin forare.

Verb

a fora (third-person singular present forează, past participle forat) 1st conj.

1. to drill

Conjugation

    conjugation of fora (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a fora
gerund			forând
past participle			forat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	forez	forezi	forează	forăm	forați	forează
	imperfect	foram	forai	fora	foram	forați	forau
	simple perfect	forai	forași	foră	forarăm	forarăți	forară
	pluperfect	forasem	foraseși	forase	foraserăm	foraserăți	foraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să forez	să forezi	să foreze	să forăm	să forați	să foreze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		forează			forați
	negative		nu fora			nu forați

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• fori

Etymology

From Latin foras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔra/
• Hyphenation: fò‧ra

Adverb

fora

1. outside
2. outdoors

Antonyms

• dintra

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic فَوْرَة (fawra, “outburst; excitement”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

fora (n class, plural fora)

1. a win, success

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fora (“journey”); see föra (“to transport, move objects”). Also related to fara (“to go, travel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːra/

Noun

fora c

1. transported cargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded

Declension

Declension of fora
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fora	foran	foror	fororna
Genitive	foras	forans	forors	forornas

Derived terms

• timmerfora

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian fora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Noun

fora (definite accusative forayı, plural foralar)

1. (nautical) The act of unfurling sails.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fora
Definite accusative	forayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fora	foralar
Definite accusative	forayı	foraları
Dative	foraya	foralara
Locative	forada	foralarda
Ablative	foradan	foralardan
Genitive	foranın	foraların

Derived terms

• fora etmek

 

Related terms

• forum

 

Interjection

fora!

1. (nautical) The command given to unfurl sails.

Further reading

• “fora”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fora”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1697

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

1. outside

Preposition

fora

1. outside, outwith