fors

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

fors pl (plural only)

  1. Only used in fors and againsts

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

fors

  1. plural of for

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective[edit]

fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

  1. stout, large
  2. substantial, considerable

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of fors
uninflected fors
inflected forse
comparative forser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial fors forser het forst
het forste
indefinite m./f. sing. forse forsere forste
n. sing. fors forser forste
plural forse forsere forste
definite forse forsere forste
partitive fors forsers

Adverb[edit]

fors

  1. strongly

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fors

  1. plural of for

Preposition[edit]

fors

  1. except, save
    Tout est perdu fors l’honneur.
    All is lost save honour.

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (the act of carrying) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, burden), брать (bratʹ, to take), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, carrying)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (bring, carry). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (favorable wind), from the same root.

Noun[edit]

fors f (genitive fortis); third declension

  1. luck, chance
    • 43 BCEc. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.507:
      fors suā cuique locō est
      Luck: And each place has its own.
      (Ovid tells what happens when Ceres (mythology) visits a family living at a site later known as Eleusis. Although ‘‘fors’’ is sometimes translated as ‘‘destiny,’’ which may imply determination, Ovid's probable meaning is that of random chance; idiomatically, ‘‘good luck.’’)
Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fors fortēs
Genitive fortis fortium
Dative fortī fortibus
Accusative fortem fortēs
fortīs
Ablative forte fortibus
Vocative fors fortēs
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From contraction of fors sit (it might happen).

Alternative forms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

fors (not comparable)

  1. perhaps, perchance

References[edit]

  • fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fors 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)
  • fors in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
  • fors in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

Preposition[edit]

fors

  1. apart from

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin foris.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

fors

  1. outside

Preposition[edit]

fors

  1. outside
  2. apart from

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle French: fors

Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fursaz, from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (to spray, splash).

Noun[edit]

fors m (genitive fors, plural forsar)

  1. a waterfall

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fors 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)
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
  • fors in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Noun[edit]

fors m

  1. torrent, stream
  2. waterfall

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

fors

  1. plural of for

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish fors, from Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fors c

  1. a rapid, whitewater
  2. a chute (in a river)

Declension[edit]

Declension of fors 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fors forsen forsar forsarna
Genitive fors forsens forsars forsarnas

Related terms[edit]

Walloon[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fors

  1. plural of for