forum

See also: förum, fórum, fórům, and Forum

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

forum

Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

4m (Internet leet)
4rum (Internet leet)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːɹəm/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun[edit]

forum (plural forums or fora)

A place for discussion.
A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
Trish was an admin on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
(historical) A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.

Usage notes[edit]

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).
Also, "The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style," by Bryan A. Garner. Berkley Books, 2000, (p. 156).

Related terms[edit]

conforaneous (rare)

Descendants[edit]

→ Italian: forum

Translations[edit]

place for discussion

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Armenian: ֆորում (hy) (forum)
Belarusian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Bulgarian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 座談會 (zh), 座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Danish: forum n
Esperanto: forumo
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: foorumi (fi)
French: forum (fr) m
Georgian: ფორუმი (porumi)
German: Forum (de) n
Hungarian: fórum (hu)

Ido: forumo (io)
Italian: foro (it) m
Japanese: 論壇 (ja) (ろんだん, rondan), フォーラム (ja) (fōramu)
Korean: 논단(論壇) (nondan), 론단(論壇) (rondan) (North Korea), 포럼 (poreom)
Maori: marae ātea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forum (no) n
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Spanish: foro (es) m
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Tok Pisin: bungples
Turkish: divan (tr), müzakere yeri, münteda
Ukrainian: фо́рум (uk) m (fórum)
Vietnamese: diễn đàn (vi)

gathering for the purpose of discussion

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 座談會 (zh), 座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Esperanto: kunveno
Finnish: keskustelutilaisuus
French: forum (fr) m
German: Forum (de) n
Italian: forum (it) m

Maori: wānanga
Norwegian: forum (no), fora (no) pl
Persian: انجمن‎ (fa) (anjoman)
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Tok Pisin: bungples
Turkish: forum (tr)
Vietnamese: diễn đàn (vi)

form of discussion

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Bulgarian: свобо́дна диску́сия f (svobódna diskúsija)
Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 座談會 (zh), 座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì), 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Esperanto: forumo
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: paneelikeskustelu
French: forum (fr) m

German: Forum (de) n
Italian: forum (it) m
Japanese: 討論 (ja) (とうろん, tōron), 討論会 (とうろんかい, tōronkai)
Korean: 토론(討論) (ko) (toron), 토론회(討論會) (ko) (toronhoe)
Norwegian: forum (no) n, fora (no) pl
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Turkish: forum (tr)
Vietnamese: hội thảo (vi)

Internet message board

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Armenian: ֆորում (hy) (forum)
Belarusian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Bulgarian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Catalan: fòrum (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 討論板, 讨论板 (tǎolùnbǎn)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Dutch: forum (nl) n, internetforum (nl) n
Esperanto: forumo
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: keskustelupalsta (fi)
French: forum (fr) m
Galician: foro
Georgian: ფორუმი (porumi)
German: Forum (de) n
Greek: φόρουμ (el) (fóroum)
Hindi: फ़ोरम m (foram)
Ido: forumo (io)
Italian: forum (it) m

Japanese: フォーラム (ja) (fōramu), 伝言板 (でんごんばん, dengonban)
Korean: 포럼 (poreom), 전언판(傳言板) (jeoneonpan)
Macedonian: форум m (forum)
Norwegian: forum (no) n, fora (no) pl
Persian: انجمن‎ (fa) (anjoman), تالار گفتگو‎ (tâlâr-e goftogu), فروم‎ (forom)
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m [de discussão]
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фо́рум m

Roman: fórum (sh) m
Slovak: fórum m
Slovene: forum (sl)
Spanish: foro (es) m
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Tagalog: pagtitipon
Tok Pisin: bungples
Turkish: forum (tr)
Ukrainian: фо́рум (uk) m (fórum)
Vietnamese: diễn đàn (vi), 4rum (slang)

square or marketplace

Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: tori (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀγορά f (agorá)

Latin: forum (la) n
Maori: marae ātea
Vietnamese: chợ (vi)

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin forum. The sense “Internet forum” comes from English forum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.rʏm/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun[edit]

forum n (plural fora or forums, diminutive forumpje n)

forum (ancient Roman marketplace)
forum (venue, medium, vehicle; general place of exchange)
Internet forum
Synonym: internetforum

Usage notes[edit]

All senses can use the plural fora. The plural forums is predominantly used for the sense “Internet forum”.

Derived terms[edit]

internetforum

Related terms[edit]

foor

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Most meanings: Learned borrowing from Latin forum.
Internet: Borrowed from English forum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁɔm/
audio (file)

Noun[edit]

forum m (plural forums)

forum
forum (for Internet)

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

forum

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch forum, from Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈforʊm]
Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun[edit]

forum (plural forum-forum, first-person possessive forumku, second-person possessive forummu, third-person possessive forumnya)

forum: a place for discussion.
institution, body
Synonyms: lembaga, wadah
meeting, session, assembly.
Synonym: sidang

Alternative forms[edit]

fora

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English forum, borrowed from Latin forum. Doublet of foro.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rum/
Rhymes: -ɔrum
Hyphenation: fò‧rum

Noun[edit]

forum m (invariable)

forum (gathering for the purposes of discussion)
(transferred sense, chiefly capitalized) venue, auditorium, arena
(Internet) forum (message board)

References[edit]

forum in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *fworom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Cognate with foris, forās, Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔrʊ̃ˑ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔːrum]

Noun[edit]

forum n (genitive forī); second declension

public place, marketplace, forum

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	forum	fora
Genitive	forī	forōrum
Dative	forō	forīs
Accusative	forum	fora
Ablative	forō	forīs
Vocative	forum	fora

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Catalan: fur, → fòrum (learned)
English: forum
- → Italian: forum
French: for, forum, fur
Galician: foro
German: Forum

Italian: foro
Portuguese: foro, fórum (borrowing)
Romanian: for
Sicilian: foru
Spanish: foro, fuero
Russian: фо́рум (fórum)
→ Turkish: forum

References[edit]

“forum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“forum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
forum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
forum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
- (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
- (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
“forum”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
“forum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“forum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Noun[edit]

forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural fora or forumer, definite plural foraene or foruma or forumene)

a forum (place for discussion, either on the Internet or in real life)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural forum, definite plural foruma)

a forum (as above)

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin forum. Doublet of dwór (“court, courtyard”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rum/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrum
Syllabification: fo‧rum

Noun[edit]

forum n

forum (all senses)

Declension[edit]

Declension of forum

	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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adjectives

nouns

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin forum.

Noun[edit]

forum n (plural forumuri)

forum

Declension[edit]

Declension of forum

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) forum	forumul	(niște) forumuri	forumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) forum	forumului	(unor) forumuri	forumurilor
vocative	forumule		forumurilor

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /fǒːrum/
Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun[edit]

fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

forum

Declension[edit]

Declension of forum

	singular	plural
nominative	forum	forumi
genitive	foruma	foruma
dative	forumu	forumima
accusative	forum	forume
vocative	forume	forumi
locative	forumu	forumima
instrumental	forumom	forumima

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fórumskī

forum

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