foret

See also: Foret, forêt, föret, and fôret

Danish

Noun

foret

1. definite singular of for

French

Etymology

From forer (“to bore”) +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁɛ/

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• Homophone: forêt

Noun

foret m (plural forets)

1. drill bit (driving part of a drill)

Further reading

• “foret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• forte

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ret/, [ˈfɔrɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ret/, [ˈfɔːret̪]

Etymology 1

A conjugated form of sum.

Verb

foret

1. early third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of sum

Synonyms

• (third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of sum): esset

Etymology 2

A conjugated form of forō.

Verb

foret

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of forō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

foret n

1. definite singular of for

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

foret n

1. definite singular of for