forum
English
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Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin forum (“public market place, forum”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- 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
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)
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
forum m (plural forums)
- forum
- forum (for Internet)
Further reading
- “forum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
forum m (uncountable)
- forum (all meanings)
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔːrum]
Noun
forum n (genitive forī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | forum | fora |
Genitive | forī | forōrum |
Dative | forō | forīs |
Accusative | forum | fora |
Ablative | forō | forīs |
Vocative | forum | fora |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
- “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
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
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
Noun
forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural forum, definite plural foruma)
- a forum (as above)
Polish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin forum.
Pronunciation
Noun
forum n
- forum (all senses)
Declension
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin forum.
Pronunciation
Noun
fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)
Declension
Derived terms
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹəm
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Internet
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Collectives
- en:Websites
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔrum
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
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- pl:Internet
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns