fórum

See also: forum, förum, fórům, and Forum

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːrum]
• Rhymes: -um
• Hyphenation: fó‧rum

Noun

fórum n

1. forum

Declension

Declension of fórum (hard neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	fórum	fóra
genitive	fóra	fór
dative	fóru	fórům
accusative	fórum	fóra
vocative	fórum	fóra
locative	fóru	fórech
instrumental	fórem	fóry

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːrum]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: fó‧rum
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

fórum (plural fórumok)

1. forum

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fórum	fórumok
accusative	fórumot	fórumokat
dative	fórumnak	fórumoknak
instrumental	fórummal	fórumokkal
causal-final	fórumért	fórumokért
translative	fórummá	fórumokká
terminative	fórumig	fórumokig
essive-formal	fórumként	fórumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fórumban	fórumokban
superessive	fórumon	fórumokon
adessive	fórumnál	fórumoknál
illative	fórumba	fórumokba
sublative	fórumra	fórumokra
allative	fórumhoz	fórumokhoz
elative	fórumból	fórumokból
delative	fórumról	fórumokról
ablative	fórumtól	fórumoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	fórumé	fórumoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fóruméi	fórumokéi

Possessive forms of fórum

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fórumom	fórumaim
2nd person sing.	fórumod	fórumaid
3rd person sing.	fóruma	fórumai
1st person plural	fórumunk	fórumaink
2nd person plural	fórumotok	fórumaitok
3rd person plural	fórumuk	fórumaik

Further reading

• fórum in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Old Norse

Verb

fórum

1. first-person plural past active indicative of fara

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin forum. Doublet of foro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾũ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾũ/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾũ
• Hyphenation: fó‧rum

Noun

fórum m (plural fóruns)

1. (Ancient Rome) forum (ancient Roman marketplace)

   Synonym: foro

2. forum (place for discussion)
   1. (Internet) forum (Internet message board)
3. (Brazil) a justice court

   O julgamento ocorrerá no fórum criminal da Barra Funda, em São Paulo.

   The trial will take place at the Barra Funda criminal court, in São Paulo.

4. (Brazil, by extension) the building where such court is located

Further reading

• “fórum”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fórum”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English forum or French forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾum/ [ˈfo.ɾũm]
• Rhymes: -oɾum
• Syllabification: fó‧rum

Noun

fórum m (plural fórums)

1. alternative form of foro

Further reading

• “fórum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “fórum”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]