forum

See also: förum and fórum

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• 4m (Internet leet)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
• Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

forum (plural forums or fora)

1. A place for discussion.
2. A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
3. A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
4. (Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

   Trish was an admin member on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.

5. (in a Roman town) a square or marketplace used for public business and commerce.

Usage notes

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

• conforaneous (rare)

Translations

place for discussion

• Arabic: منتدى f (muntádā)
• Catalan: fòrum m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 座談會, 座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì)

• Czech: fórum n
• Danish: forum n
• Esperanto: forumo
• French: forum (fr) m
• German: Forum (de) n

• Italian: foro (it) m
• Maori: marae ātea
• Norwegian: forum (no) n, fora (no) pl
• Polish: forum (pl) n
• Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
• Russian: форум (ru) m (fórum)
• Spanish: foro (es) m
• Tok Pisin: bungples
• Turkish: divan (tr), müzakere yeri, münteda, tartıştay

gathering for the purpose of discussion

• Arabic: منتدى f (muntádaa)
• Catalan: fòrum m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 座談會, 座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì)

• Czech: fórum n
• Esperanto: kunveno
• French: forum (fr) m
• German: Forum (de) n

• Italian: forum (it) m
• Norwegian: forum (no), fora (no) pl
• Persian: انجمن (fa) (anjoman)
• Polish: forum (pl) n
• Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
• Russian: форум (ru) m (fórum)
• Tok Pisin: bungples
• Turkish: tartıştay, forum (tr)

form of discussion

• Arabic: منتدى f (muntádaa)
• Catalan: fòrum m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 座談會, 座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì), 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán)

• Czech: fórum n
• Esperanto: forumo
• 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)
• Norwegian: forum (no) n, fora (no) pl
• Polish: forum (pl) n
• Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
• Russian: форум (ru) m (fórum)
• Turkish: tartıştay, forum (tr)

Internet message board

• Arabic: منتدى f (muntádaa)
• Catalan: fòrum
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 論壇 (zh), 论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 討論板, 讨论板 (tǎolùnbǎn)

• Czech: fórum n
• Esperanto: forumo
• French: forum (fr) m
• Galician: foro
• German: Forum (de) n
• Italian: forum (it) m

• Japanese: フォーラム (ja) (fōramu), 伝言板 (dengonban)
• 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: форум (ru) m (fórum)
• Spanish: foro (es) m
• Tok Pisin: bungples
• Turkish: yazışmalık, forum (tr), tartıştay

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French

Etymology

• From Latin forum.
• (Internet) From English forum.

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

forum m (plural forums)

1. forum
2. forum (for Internet)

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Italian

Noun

forum m (invariable)

1. forum (all meanings)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), accusative of *dʰwor-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”). This Proto-Indo-European neuter is a derivation of the basic root noun *dʰwer- (“door, gate”) that also gave Latin foris (“door; gate”) and forās (“outdoors”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfo.rũ]

Noun

forum n (genitive forī); second declension

1. market-/public place, forum

Inflection

Second declension neuter.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	forum	fora
genitive	forī	forōrum
dative	forō	forīs
accusative	forum	fora
ablative	forō	forīs
vocative	forum	fora

Descendants

• Catalan: fur
• English: forum
• French: for, fur
• Italian: foro

• Portuguese: foro, fórum (borrowing)
• Romanian: for
• Spanish: foro, fuero
• Russian: форум (forum)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. a forum (as above)

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

forum n

1. forum

Declension

    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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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

1. forum

Declension

    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

Derived terms

• fórumskī