fora

1. 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]

• forums, fora at theGoogle Books Ngram Viewer.

• Afro,Afro-,Faro,Fårö,RAFO,afro,faro

Possiblyborrowed fromGreekφόρα(fóra,“pace; impetus”), compare the expressionπαίρνω φόρα(paírno fóra,“gain courage”).

Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key):/ˈfoɾa/
• Rhymes:-oɾa

fora

1. (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”).

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

fora

1. out,outside

   Antonyms:dins,dintre

• afores
• forabord
• fora-d'hores
• fora de servei

fora

1. outside

   Antonyms:dins,dintre

2. away

• fer fora
• fora de sèrie

• fóra(pre-2016 spelling)

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

fora

1. first/third-personsingularconditional ofésser
2. first/third-personsingularconditional ofser

• “fora” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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.

• Audio:

  (file)

fora

1. plural offorum

for +‎-a

• Audio:

  (file)

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

fora (accusative singularforan,pluralforaj,accusative pluralforajn)

1. far,distant

fora

1. third-personsingular past historic offorer

Inflected form ofir(“to go”).

fora

1. first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofir

Inflected form ofser(“to be”).

fora

1. first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofser

fora

1. distant

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

fora

1. Nonstandard form offorum.

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

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

fora

1. (archaic,literary)Alternative form offuori
   1. out,outside,outwards(towards the outside)
      • 1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, inPurgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[2], line90; republished asGiorgio 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 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

1. inflection offorare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• afro,afro-,faro,farò

fora

1. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural offorum

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

Inherited fromLatinforās

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

fora

1. 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

• forumer(of forum)
• forene(of for)

fora n

1. indefiniteplural offorum
2. definiteplural offor

Fromfor,fòr(“furrow”).

• fore,fòra,fòre

fora (present tenseforar,past tensefora,past participlefora,passive infinitiveforast,present participleforande,imperativefora/for)

1. tofurrow

FromOld Norsefóðra.

fora (present tenseforar,past tensefora,past participlefora,passive infinitiveforast,present participleforande,imperativefora/for)

1. Alternative form offôre

Fromfor,fôr(“lining of clothes”).

fora (present tenseforar,past tensefora,past participlefora,passive infinitiveforast,present participleforande,imperativefora/for)

1. Alternative form offôre

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

fora f

1. singulardefinite offor
2. singulardefinite offor
3. singulardefinite offore
4. singulardefinite offore

fora n

1. pluraldefinite offor
2. pluraldefinite offor

fora n pl (non-standard since2012)

1. inflection offorum:
   1. pluralindefinite
   2. pluraldefinite

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fora”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

fōra

1. nominative/accusative/genitiveplural offōr

• for,fore

FromProto-West Germanic*forē, whence alsoOld Englishfore.

• IPA^(key):/ˈfo.ra/

fora (+dative)

1. before,against, in the presence of

• Middle Low German:vor,vore
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian:vóar,bóar(Mezzaselva)

    Mòcheno:vour

  • Central Franconian:vür
  • German:vor

• Henry Frowde,An Old High German Primer

• IPA^(key):[ˈɸora]

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

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 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. 97^d10

     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·

1. 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.4^d15

     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

• for,fore,fur,far

FromProto-West Germanic*forē, whence alsoOld Englishfore; fromProto-Germanic*furai.

• IPA^(key):/ˈfɔ.rɑ/

fora (+dative)

1. before,against
2. 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?

• biforan
• withar
• with

• German Low German:för,vär,veer,ver(Low Prussian),vör,vœr

FromLatinforās(“outside”).

fora

1. outside

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

Borrowed fromItalianfuora.^[1]

fora

1. (archaic)get out!

   Synonyms:precz,won,paszoł won,fora ze dwora

2. (obsolete)encore!

   Synonym:bis

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

fora

1. nominativeplural offorum
2. accusativeplural offorum
3. 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)

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

   Fiquei trancadofora da minha casa. ―I got lockedoutside my house.

2. abroad;overseas(in another country)

   Moreifora por dois anos. ―I livedabroad for two years.

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

   Hoje jantareifora. ―Today I’ll dineout.

4. away(to be discarded)

   Joga esse lixofora. ―Throwaway this trash.

fora

1. except(with the exception of)

   Synonym:exceto

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

fora m (pluralforas)

1. (Brazil,colloquial)rejection of aromanticproposal

fora!

2. 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

1. first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofir
2. first/third-personsingularpluperfectindicative ofser

Borrowed fromFrenchforer, fromLatinforare.

a fora (third-person singular presentforează,past participleforat) 1st conjugation

1. todrill

• fori

FromLatinforas.

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

fora

1. outside
2. outdoors

• dintra

FromArabicفَوْرَة(fawra,“outburst; excitement”).

• Audio(Kenya):

  (file)

fora classIX (pluralfora classX)

1. awin,success

FromOld Swedishfora(“journey”); seeföra(“to transport, move objects”). Also related tofara(“to go, travel”).

• IPA^(key):/fuːra/

fora c

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

• timmerfora

Borrowed fromVenetanfora.^[1]

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

fora (definite accusativeforayı,pluralforalar)

1. (nautical) The act ofunfurlingsails.

fora!

1. (nautical)Thecommand given to unfurl sails.

• “fora”, inTurkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fora”, inÖtüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat,page1697

FromLatinforās(“outside”).

fora

1. outside

fora

1. outside,outwith