fora
English edit
Noun edit
fora
- 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 edit
The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.[1]
References edit
- ^ Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Greek φόρα (fóra, “pace; impetus”), compare the expression παίρνω φόρα (paírno fóra, “gain courage”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
fora
- (colloquial) daringly, boldly, bravely
- Synonym: trimërisht
References edit
- “fóra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 493b
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin forās (“outside”) (compare Occitan fòra, French hors, Spanish fuera), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
fora
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fora
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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fora
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
fora
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
fora (accusative singular foran, plural foraj, accusative plural forajn)
Related terms edit
French edit
Verb edit
fora
- third-person singular past historic of forer
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inflected form of ir (“to go”).
Verb edit
fora
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of ser (“to be”).
Verb edit
fora
Ido edit
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fora
Indonesian edit
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Noun edit
fora (first-person possessive foraku, second-person possessive foramu, third-person possessive foranya)
- (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of forum
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ra/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔra, (traditional) -ora
- Hyphenation: fò‧ra, (traditional) fó‧ra
Verb edit
fora
- inflection of forare:
References edit
- ^ foro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Noun edit
fora
References edit
- 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 edit
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Pronunciation edit
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fora
References edit
- 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
fora n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)
- to furrow
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)
- Alternative form of fôre
Etymology 3 edit
From for, fôr (“lining of clothes”).
Verb edit
fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)
- Alternative form of fôre
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
fora f
- singular definite of for
- singular definite of for
- singular definite of fore
- singular definite of fore
fora n
fora n pl (non-standard since 2012)
- inflection of forum:
References edit
- “fora”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
fora (+ dative)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Univerbation of for (“on”) + a (“his/her/its/their”)
Determiner edit
fora (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)
- 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. 97d10
- 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.
- 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. 97d10
Etymology 2 edit
for (“on”) + -a (relative pronoun)
Pronoun edit
fora·
- 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. 4d15
- 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
- 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. 4d15
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore; from Proto-Germanic *furai.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
fora (+ dative)
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Piedmontese edit
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fora
Polish edit
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Noun edit
fora
- nominative plural of forum
- accusative plural of forum
- vocative plural of forum
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin forās (“outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fo‧ra
Adverb edit
fora (not comparable)
- outside (on the outside of a building or location)
- Fiquei trancado fora da minha casa. ― I got locked outside my house.
- abroad; overseas (in another country)
- Morei fora por dois anos. ― I lived abroad for two years.
- out (away from home or one’s usual place)
- Hoje jantarei fora. ― Today I’ll dine out.
- away (to be discarded)
- Joga esse lixo fora. ― Throw away this trash.
Derived terms edit
Preposition edit
fora
- except (with the exception of)
- Synonym: exceto
- Todos leram o livro, fora o João. ― Everyone read the book, except John.
Noun edit
fora m (plural foras)
- (Brazil, colloquial) rejection of a romantic proposal
Interjection edit
fora!
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin fueram (1st person) and fuerat (3rd person), inflected forms of sum (“to be”).
Alternative forms edit
- fôra (superseded)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fo‧ra
Verb edit
fora
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French forer, from Latin forare.
Verb edit
a fora (third-person singular present forează, past participle forat) 1st conj.
- to drill
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a fora | ||||||
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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 edit
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fora
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Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic فَوْرَة (fawra, “outburst; excitement”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
fora (n class, plural fora)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish fora (“journey”); see föra (“to transport, move objects”). Also related to fara (“to go, travel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fora c
- transported cargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded
Declension edit
Declension of fora | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fora | foran | foror | fororna |
Genitive | foras | forans | forors | forornas |
Derived terms edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Venetian fora.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fora (definite accusative forayı, plural foralar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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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 edit
Related terms edit
Interjection edit
fora!
References edit
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fora”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “fora”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fora”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1697
Venetian edit
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fora
Preposition edit
fora