forum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Inflection 5 Norwegian 5.1 Noun 6 Polish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Serbo-Croatian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 7.3.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Alternative forms

• 4rum (Internet leet)

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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. 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.

[edit] 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).

[edit] Related terms

• conforaneous (rare)

[edit] Translations

• Esperanto: forumo

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

forum m. (plural forums)

1. forum
2. forum (for Internet)

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

forum m. inv.

1. forum (all meanings)

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[edit] Latin

[edit] 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 PIE neuter is a derivation of the basic root noun *dʰwer- (“‘door, gate’”) that also gave Latin foris (“‘door; gate’”) and forās (“‘outdoors’”).

[edit] Noun

forum (genitive forī); n, second declension

1. market-/public place, forum

[edit] Inflection

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

forum (plural: fora or forum)

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

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin forum.

[edit] Noun

forum n.

1. forum

[edit] Declension

	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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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin forum.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fǒːrum/
• Hyphenation: fo‧rum

[edit] Noun

fórum m. (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

1. forum

[edit] Declension

[edit] Derived terms

• fórumskī