fora

See also: fóra, fòra, fôra, föra, and føra

English

Noun

fora

1. plural of forum (alternative form of forums).
   • 2010 October 14, United Nations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1945:

     Welcomes the Committee’s work, which has drawn on the reports of the Panel of Experts and taken advantage of the work done in other fora, to draw attention to the responsibilities of private sector actors in conflict affected areas;

Usage notes

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

Further reading

• forums, fora at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• Afro, Afro-, Faro, Fårö, RAFO, afro, faro

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾa/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan fòra), from Latin forās (“outside”) (compare French hors, Spanish fuera), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Preposition

fora

1. out, outside

Antonyms

• dins, dintre

Derived terms

• afores
• fora de servei

Adverb

fora

1. outside

   Antonyms: dins, dintre

2. away

Derived terms

• fora de sèrie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fora

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of fóra

Further reading

• “fora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fora” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

fora

1. plural of forum

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Esperanto

Etymology

for +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfora/
• Hyphenation: fo‧ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

fora (accusative singular foran, plural foraj, accusative plural forajn)

1. far, distant

Related terms

• fordoni
• fordormi
• foresti
• forflugi
• forigi
• foriĝi
• foriri
• forĵeti
• forkomenti
• forkuri
• forlasi
• formeti
• formorti
• forpasi
• forpeli
• forporti
• forpreni
• forpuŝi
• forrabi
• forstreki
• foruzi
• forvendi
• forveturi

 

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French

Verb

fora

1. third-person singular past historic of forer

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Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb

fora

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

fora

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser

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Ido

Adjective

fora

1. distant

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfora]
• Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Noun

fora (first-person possessive foraku, second-person possessive foramu, third-person possessive foranya)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of forum

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Italian

Verb

fora

1. third-person singular present indicative of forare
2. second-person singular imperative of forare

Anagrams

• afro, faro, farò

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Latin

Noun

fora

1. nominative plural of forum
2. accusative plural of forum
3. vocative plural of forum

References

• fora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of forum) forumer
• (of for) forene

Noun

fora n

1. indefinite plural of forum
2. definite plural of for

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From for, fòr (“furrow”).

Alternative forms

• fore, fòra, fòre

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative for)

1. to furrow

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fóðra.

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative for)

1. Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 3

From for, fôr (“lining of clothes”).

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative for)

1. Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

fora f

1. singular definite of for
2. singular definite of for
3. singular definite of fore
4. singular definite of fore

fora n

1. plural definite of for
2. plural definite of for

fora n pl (non-standard since 2012)

1. inflection of forum:
   1. plural indefinite
   2. plural definite

References

• fora in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• for, fore

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ra/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

1. before, against, in the presence of

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vor, vore
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: bóar

    Mòcheno: vour

  • Central Franconian: vür
  • German: vor

References

• Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfora/

Etymology 1

Univerbation of for (“on”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

fora (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. on his/her/its/their

Etymology 2

for (“on”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

fora·

1. on whom/which
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^d15

     In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora·tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.

     The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• for, fore, fur, far

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore; from Proto-Germanic *furai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rɑ/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

1. before, against

Descendants

• Low German: vör

Synonyms

• biforan
• withar
• with

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Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

1. outside

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Polish

Noun

fora

1. nominative plural of forum
2. accusative plural of forum
3. vocative plural of forum

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese fora, from Latin forās (“outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fo‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾɐ/

Adverb

fora (not comparable)

1. outside (on the outside of a building or location)

   Fiquei trancado fora da minha casa.

   I got locked outside my house.

2. abroad; overseas (in another country)

   Morei fora por dois anos.

   I lived abroad for two years.

3. out (away from home or one’s usual place)

   Hoje jantarei fora.

   Today I’ll dine out.

4. away (to be discarded)

   Joga esse lixo fora.

   Throw away this trash.

Derived terms

• afora
• dar o fora
• de fora a fora
• e por aí fora
• fora-da-lei
• fora de
• por fora

 

Preposition

fora

1. except (with the exception of)

   Todos leram o livro, fora João.

   Everyone read the book, except John.

   Synonym: exceto

Noun

fora m (plural foras)

1. (Brazil, slang) rejection of a romantic proposal

Interjection

fora!

1. out! (demanding that someone leave)

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese fora, from Latin fueram (1st person) and fuerat (3rd person), inflected forms of sum (“I am”).

Alternative forms

• fôra (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ɾɐ/

Verb

fora

1. First-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of ser
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) pluperfect indicative of ser
3. First-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of ir
4. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) pluperfect indicative of ir

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Romanian

Etymology

From French forer, from Latin forare.

Verb

a fora (third-person singular present forează, past participle forat) 1st conj.

1. to drill

Conjugation

    conjugation of fora (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a fora
gerund			forând
past participle			forat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	forez	forezi	forează	forăm	forați	forează
	imperfect	foram	forai	fora	foram	forați	forau
	simple perfect	forai	forași	foră	forarăm	forarăți	forară
	pluperfect	forasem	foraseși	forase	foraserăm	foraserăți	foraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să forez	să forezi	să foreze	să forăm	să forați	să foreze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		forează			forați
	negative		nu fora			nu forați

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• fori

Etymology

From Latin foras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔra/
• Hyphenation: fò‧ra

Adverb

fora

1. outside
2. outdoors

Antonyms

• dintra

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic فَوْرَة‎ (fawra, “outburst; excitement”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

fora (n class, plural fora)

1. a win, success

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fora (“journey”); see föra (“to transport, move objects”). Also related to fara (“to go, travel”).

Noun

fora c

1. transported cargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded

Declension

Declension of fora
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fora	foran	foror	fororna
Genitive	foras	forans	forors	forornas

Derived terms

• timmerfora

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

1. outside

Preposition

fora

1. outside, outwith