fors

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective

fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

1. sturdy, strong
2. substantial, considerable

Declension

Declension of fors

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		fors	forser
neuter singular	indefinite	fors	forser
	definite	forse	forsere	forste	forst, forste
common singular		forse	forsere	forste	forste
plural		forse	forsere	forste	forste
partitive		fors	forsers

Adverb

fors

1. strongly

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥tis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /foːrs/

Noun

fōrs (genitive fōrtis); f, third declension

1. luck, chance.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fōrs	fōrtēs
genitive	fōrtis	fōrtium
dative	fōrtī	fōrtibus
accusative	fōrtem	fōrtēs 1
ablative	fōrte	fōrtibus
vocative	fōrs	fōrtēs

¹ May also be fōrtīs.

Related terms

fōrtuna fōrsan fōrsit

fōrsitan fōrtasse fōrtassis

fōrte fōrtuītus fōrtuītō

Etymology 2

From contraction of fōrs sit (“it might happen”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /fors/

• Audio (Classical)

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Adverb

fors (not comparable)

1. perhaps, perchance

Alternative forms

• forsit
• fōrs sit

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin foris.

Adverb

fors

1. apart from

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Old French

Etymology

Latin foris.

Adverb

fors

1. outside
2. apart from
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et je reconois et otroi
     Que nus n'i a coupes fors moi

     And I recognize and admit

     That nobody [?] apart from me

Related terms

• defors

Descendants

• French: hors

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Old Norse

Noun

fors

1. a waterfall

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

fors c

1. a rapid
2. a waterfall

Declension

Declension of fors

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fors	forsen	forsar	forsarna
genitive	fors	forsens	forsars	forsarnas