forum

See also förum

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• 4rum (Internet leet)

Etymology

From Latin forum (“public market place”, “forum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔːɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)əm
• Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

forum (plural forums or fora)

1. A place for discussion.
2. A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
3. A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
4. (Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

   Trish was an admin member on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.

Usage notes

The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.

• Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).

Related terms

• conforaneous (rare)

Translations

place for discussion

Arabic: منتدى (muntádā) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 論壇 (cmn), 论坛 (cmn) (lùntán), 座談會 (cmn), 座谈会 (cmn) (zuòtánhuì) Czech: fórum (cs) n. Danish: forum (da) n. Esperanto: forumo (eo) French: forum (fr) m.

German: Forum (de) n. Italian: foro (it) m. Norwegian: forum (no) n., fora (no) pl. Polish: forum (pl) n. Russian: форум (ru) (fórum) m. Spanish: foro (es) m. Turkish: divan (tr), müzakere yeri (tr), münteda (tr)

gathering for the purpose of discussion

Arabic: منتدى (ar) (muntádaa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 論壇 (cmn), 论坛 (cmn) (lùntán), 座談會 (cmn), 座谈会 (cmn) (zuòtánhuì) Czech: fórum (cs) n. Esperanto: kunveno (eo)

French: forum (fr) m. German: Forum (de) n. Italian: forum (it) m. Norwegian: forum (no), fora (no) pl. Polish: forum (pl) n. Russian: форум (ru) (fórum) m.

form of discussion

Arabic: منتدى (ar) (muntádaa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 座談會 (cmn), 座谈会 (cmn) (zuòtánhuì), 論壇 (cmn), 论坛 (cmn) (lùntán) Czech: fórum (cs) n. Esperanto: forumo (eo) French: forum (fr) m.

German: Forum (de) n. Italian: forum (it) m. Japanese: 討論 (とうろん, tōron), 討論会 (とうろんかい, tōronkai) Korean: 토론 (討論) (ko) (toron) Norwegian: forum (no) n., fora (no) pl. Polish: forum (pl) n. Russian: форум (ru) (fórum) m.

Internet message board

Arabic: منتدى (ar) (muntádaa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 論壇 (cmn), 论坛 (cmn) (lùntán), 討論板 (cmn), 讨论板 (cmn) (tǎolùnbǎn) Czech: fórum (cs) n. Esperanto: forumo (eo) French: forum (fr) m. Galician: foro (gl)

German: Forum (de) n. Italian: forum (it) m. Japanese: フォーラム (ja) (fōramu), 伝言板 (ja) (dengonban) Norwegian: forum (no) n., fora (no) pl. Polish: forum (pl) n. Portuguese: fórum (pt) m. [de discussão] Russian: форум (ru) (fórum) m. Spanish: foro (es) m.

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French

Etymology

• From Latin forum.
• (Internet) From English forum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

forum m. (plural forums)

1. forum
2. forum (for Internet)

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Italian

Noun

forum m. inv.

1. forum (all meanings)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”). This Proto-Indo-European neuter is a derivation of the basic root noun *dʰwer- (“door, gate”) that also gave Latin foris (“door; gate”) and forās (“outdoors”).

Noun

forum (genitive forī); n, second declension

1. market-/public place, forum

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	forum	fora
genitive	forī	forōrum
dative	forō	forīs
accusative	forum	fora
ablative	forō	forīs
vocative	forum	fora

Descendants

Catalan: fur English: forum French: for Italian: foro

Portuguese: foro Romanian: for Spanish: foro, fuero Russian: форум

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Norwegian

Noun

forum (plural: fora or forum)

1. A place for discussion, either on the Internet or in real life.

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Noun

forum n.

1. forum

Declension

    declension of forum

	singular	plural
nominative	forum	fora
genitive	forum	forów
dative	forum	forom
accusative	forum	fora
instrumental	forum	forami
locative	forum	forach
vocative	forum	fora

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fǒːrum/
• Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

fórum m. (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

1. forum

Declension

    declension of forum

	singular	plural
nominative	forum	forumi
genitive	foruma	foruma
dative	forumu	forumima
accusative	forum	forume
vocative	forume	forumi
locative	forumu	forumima
instrumental	forumom	forumima

Derived terms

• fórumskī