fora
- plural offorum;alternative form offorums
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 otherfora, to draw attention to the responsibilities of private sector actors in conflict affected areas;
The English pluralforums is preferred to the Latin pluralfora in normal English usage.[1]
- ^Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).
Possiblyborrowed fromGreekφόρα(fóra,“pace; impetus”), compare the expressionπαίρνω φόρα(paírno fóra,“gain courage”).
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fora
- (colloquial)daringly,boldly,bravely
- Synonym:trimërisht
- “fóra”, inFGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1],1980, page493b
Inherited fromLatinforās(“outside”) (compareOccitanfòra,Frenchhors,Spanishfuera), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*dʰwer-(“door; gate”).
fora
- out,outside
- Antonyms:dins,dintre
fora
- outside
- Antonyms:dins,dintre
- away
fora
- first/third-personsingularconditional ofésser
- first/third-personsingularconditional ofser
- “fora”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “fora”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
- “fora” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fora” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
fora
- plural offorum
for +-a
fora (accusative singularforan,pluralforaj,accusative pluralforajn)
- far,distant
fora
- third-personsingular past historic offorer
Inflected form ofir(“to go”).
fora
- first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofir
Inflected form ofser(“to be”).
fora
- first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofser
fora
- distant
- IPA(key): /ˈfora/
- Hyphenation:fo‧ra
fora
- nonstandard form offorum
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
fora
- (archaic, literary, regional)alternative form offuori
- out,outside,outwards(towards the outside)
1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, inPurgatorio [Purgatory], line90; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd 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 cameout of there.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/,(traditional)/ˈfo.ra/[1]
- Rhymes:-ɔra,(traditional)-ora
- Hyphenation:fò‧ra,(traditional)fó‧ra
fora
- inflection offorare:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
fora
- nominative/accusative/vocativeplural offorum
Inherited fromLatinforās
fora
- outside
- AIS:Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] –map 356: “di dentro e di fuori” – onnavigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
fora n
- indefiniteplural offorum
- definiteplural offor
Fromfor,fòr(“furrow”).
fora (present tenseforar,past tensefora,past participlefora,passive infinitiveforast,present participleforande,imperativefora/for)
- tofurrow
FromOld Norsefóðra.
fora (present tenseforar,past tensefora,past participlefora,passive infinitiveforast,present participleforande,imperativefora/for)
- alternative form offôre
Fromfor,fôr(“lining of clothes”).
fora (present tenseforar,past tensefora,past participlefora,passive infinitiveforast,present participleforande,imperativefora/for)
- alternative form offôre
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
fora f
- singulardefinite offor
- singulardefinite offor
- singulardefinite offore
- singulardefinite offore
fora n
- pluraldefinite offor
- pluraldefinite offor
fora n pl (non-standard since2012)
- inflection offorum:
- pluralindefinite
- pluraldefinite
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fora”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive
fōra
- nominative/accusative/genitiveplural offōr
FromProto-West Germanic*forē, whence alsoOld Englishfore.
fora (+dative)
- before,against, in the presence of
- Henry Frowde,An Old High German Primer
Univerbation offor(“on”) +a(“his/her/its/their”).
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 inThesaurus 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 leufora 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 themupon 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.
for(“on”) +-a(relative pronoun)
fora·
- on whom/which
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus 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, intífora·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
FromProto-West Germanic*forē, whence alsoOld Englishfore; fromProto-Germanic*furai.
fora [withdative]
- before,against
- infrontof
- Heliand, verse 2026-2027
Te huī sprikis thū thes wīf, sō filu manos mīfar thesoro mėnigi?- Why do you speak of that, woman, so much (you) remind me pressinglyin front of this crowd?
FromLatinforās(“outside”).
fora
- outside
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/
- Rhymes:-ɔra
- Syllabification:fo‧ra
Borrowed fromItalianfuora.[1]
fora
- (archaic)get out!
- Synonyms:precz,won,paszoł won,fora ze dwora
- (obsolete)encore!
- Synonym:bis
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
fora
- nominativeplural offorum
- accusativeplural offorum
- vocativeplural offorum
- fora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
FromOld Galician-Portuguesefora, fromLatinforās(“outside”), fromProto-Indo-European*dʰwer-(“door; gate”).
- Rhymes:-ɔɾɐ
- Hyphenation:fo‧ra
fora (notcomparable)
- outside(on the outside of a building or location)
- Fiquei trancadofora da minha casa. ―I got lockedoutside my house.
- abroad;overseas(in another country)
- Moreifora por dois anos. ―I livedabroad for two years.
- out(away from home or one’s usual place)
- Hoje jantareifora. ―Today I’ll dineout.
- away(to be discarded)
- Joga esse lixofora. ―Throwaway this trash.
fora
- except(with the exception of)
- Synonym:exceto
- Todos leram o livro,fora o João. ―Everyone read the book,except John.
fora m (pluralforas)
- (Brazil, colloquial)rejection of aromanticproposal
fora!
- out!(demanding that someone leave)
- Synonyms:andor,rua
FromOld Galician-Portuguesefora, fromLatinfueram(1st person) andfuerat(3rd person), inflected forms ofsum(“to be”).
- fôra(pre-reform spelling)
- Rhymes:-oɾɐ
- Hyphenation:fo‧ra
fora
- first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofir
- first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofser
Borrowed fromFrenchforer, fromLatinforare.
a fora (third-person singular presentforează,past participleforat) 1st conjugation
- todrill
FromLatinforas.
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔra/
- Hyphenation:fò‧ra
fora
- outside
- outdoors
Borrowed fromArabicفَوْرَة(fawra,“outburst; excitement”).
fora classIX (pluralfora classX)
- awin,success
FromOld Swedishfora(“journey”); seeföra(“to transport, move objects”). Also related tofara(“to go, travel”).
fora c
- transportedcargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded
Borrowed fromVenetanfora.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈfo.ɾa/
- Hyphenation:fo‧ra
fora (definite accusativeforayı,pluralforalar)
- (nautical) The act ofunfurlingsails.
fora!
- (nautical)Thecommand given to unfurl sails.
FromLatinforās(“outside”).
fora
- outside
fora
- outside,outwith
