forum
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹəm/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːɹəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈfoːɹəm/
- Hyphenation: fo‧rum
Noun edit
- A place for discussion.
- A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium.
- A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
- (Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
- Trish was an admin on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
- (historical) A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.
Usage notes edit
The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.
- Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).
- Also, "The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style," by Bryan A. Garner. Berkley Books, 2000, (p. 156).
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- conforaneous (rare)
Descendants edit
- → Italian: forum
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin forum. The sense “Internet forum” comes from English forum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forum n (plural fora or forums, diminutive forumpje n)
- forum (ancient Roman marketplace)
- forum (venue, medium, vehicle; general place of exchange)
- Internet forum
- Synonym: internetforum
Usage notes edit
All senses can use the plural fora. The plural forums is predominantly used for the sense “Internet forum”.
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French edit
Etymology edit
- Most meanings: Learned borrowing from Latin forum.
- Internet: Borrowed from English forum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forum m (plural forums)
Further reading edit
- “forum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch forum, from Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forum (plural forum-forum, first-person possessive forumku, second-person possessive forummu, third-person possessive forumnya)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “forum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English forum, borrowed from Latin forum. Doublet of foro.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forum m (invariable)
- forum (gathering for the purposes of discussion)
- (by extension, usually capitalized) venue, auditorium, arena
- (Internet) forum (message board)
Further reading edit
- forum in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *fworom, from earlier *θworom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwor-om (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).
Cognate with foris, forās, Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔːrum]
Noun edit
forum n (genitive forī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | forum | fora |
Genitive | forī | forōrum |
Dative | forō | forīs |
Accusative | forum | fora |
Ablative | forō | forīs |
Vocative | forum | fora |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “forum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “forum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- forum 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)
- forum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
- (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
- (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
- “forum”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- “forum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “forum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural fora or forumer, definite plural foraene or foruma or forumene)
- a forum (place for discussion, either on the Internet or in real life)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural forum, definite plural foruma)
- a forum (as above)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin forum. Doublet of dwór (“court, courtyard”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forum n
- forum (all senses)
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
forum n (plural forumuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) forum | forumul | (niște) forumuri | forumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) forum | forumului | (unor) forumuri | forumurilor |
vocative | forumule | forumurilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)
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Swedish edit
Noun edit
forum n
- a forum (place, gathering, or group)
- (Internet) a forum
- (historical) a forum
Declension edit
Declension of forum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | forum | forumet | forum | forumen |
Genitive | forums | forumets | forums | forumens |
Declension of forum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | forum | forumet | fora | fora |
Genitive | forums | forumets | foras | foras |
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forum (definite accusative forumu, plural forumlar)