forat

See also: forât

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin forātum, perfect passive participle of forō (“perforate”). Compare Occitan forat or horat, Spanish horado, Galician burato /furado/furaco, Portuguese buraco, Asturian furacu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fuˈɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [foˈɾat]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

forat m (plural forats)

1. hole

Derived terms

• entaforar
• foradar
• forat negre

References

• “forat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “forat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “forat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “forat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

forat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of forō