forca

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See also: força, forçà, and fôrça

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoɾka/, [ˈfoɾ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oɾka
  • Hyphenation: for‧ca

Noun

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forca f (plural forques)

  1. forked pole
    Synonym: forcáu
  2. pitchfork
    Synonyms: forqueta, forcada, forcáu
  3. gallows

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin furca (compare Occitan forca, French fourche, Spanish horca).

Noun

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forca f (plural forques)

  1. fork, pitchfork (for gardening)
  2. gallows
Derived terms
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References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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forca

  1. inflection of forcar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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A Galician vineyard.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese forca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin furca (pitchfork). Cognate with Portuguese forca and Spanish horca).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾka/ [ˈfɔɾ.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɾka
  • Hyphenation: for‧ca

Noun

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forca f (plural forcas)

  1. pole
    • 1339, M. Mar Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 127:
      que a deuedes dar chantada de vina et ben fercada et [. . ] con forcas et linoos ao pelongo et latas ao traues
      you should plant vines and have it correctly kept [...] with gallows and strings all along, and beams crosswise
  2. gallows pole
  3. pitchfork
    Synonym: forcada
  4. defile, ravine

Derived terms

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References

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin furca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfor.ka/
  • Rhymes: -orka
  • Hyphenation: fór‧ca

Noun

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forca f (plural forche)

  1. fork (instrument used in agriculture and gardening)
  2. pitchfork
  3. gallows, hanging tree

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin furca.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈforkə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈfurkə]

Noun

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forca f (plural forche)

  1. fork

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *furkō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfor.kɑ/, [ˈforˠ.kɑ]

Noun

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forca m

  1. fork

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: forke

References

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Portuguese

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forca

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese forca, from Latin furca.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: for‧ca

Noun

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forca f (plural forcas)

  1. gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
  2. (games) hangman
    Synonym: jogo da forca

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle English forke (digging fork), from Old English forca (forked instrument used to torture), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (fork), from Latin furca (pitchfork). Doublet of forc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forca f (genitive singular fuirce, plural forcan)

  1. fork
    Synonyms: greimire, forc

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
forca fhorca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian forza, from Late Latin fortia, ultimately from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fôːrt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: for‧ca

Noun

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fȏrca f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рца)

  1. (regional) force
    Synonym: sila
  2. (regional) strength
    Synonym: snaga