fora

See also: fóra, fòra, fôra, föra, and føra

English

Noun

fora

plural of forum (alternative form of forums).
- 2010 October 14, United Nations, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1945:
  Welcomes the Committee’s work, which has drawn on the reports of the Panel of Experts and taken advantage of the work done in other fora, to draw attention to the responsibilities of private sector actors in conflict affected areas;

Usage notes

The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.^[1]

References

^ Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).

Anagrams

Afro, Afro-, Faro, Fårö, RAFO, afro, faro

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Greek φόρα (fóra, “pace; impetus”), compare the expression παίρνω φόρα (paírno fóra, “gain courage”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾa/
Rhymes: -oɾa

Adverb

fora

(colloquial) daringly, boldly, bravely
Synonym: trimërisht

References

“fóra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 493b

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin forās (“outside”) (compare Occitan fòra, French hors, Spanish fuera), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔ.ɾə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɔ.ɾa]

Preposition

fora

out, outside
Antonyms: dins, dintre

Derived terms

Adverb

fora

outside
Antonyms: dins, dintre
away

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

fóra (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.ɾə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfo.ɾa]

Verb

fora

first/third-person singular conditional of ésser
first/third-person singular conditional of ser

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

fora

plural of forum

Esperanto

Etymology

for +‎ -a

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

IPA^(key): [ˈfora]
Rhymes: -ora
Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Adjective

fora (accusative singular foran, plural foraj, accusative plural forajn)

far, distant

Related terms

French

Verb

fora

third-person singular past historic of forer

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb

fora

first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

fora

first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser

Ido

Adjective

fora

distant

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfora/
Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Noun

fora

Nonstandard form of forum.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/
Rhymes: -ɔra
Hyphenation: fò‧ra

Preposition

fora

(archaic, literary) Alternative form of fuori
1. out, outside, outwards (towards the outside)
  - 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[2], line 90; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
    Or che di là dal mal fiume dimora,
    più muover non mi può, per quella legge
    che fatta fu quando me n’usci’ fora.
    Now that she [Marcia] dwells beyond the wicked river, she can no longer move me, by that law which was made when I came out of there.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ra/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔra, (traditional) -ora
Hyphenation: fò‧ra, (traditional) fó‧ra

Verb

fora

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

References

^ foro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

afro, afro-, faro, farò

Latin

Noun

fora

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of forum

References

fora 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)

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin forās

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔːrə]
(Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈfoːră]

Adverb

fora

outside

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 356: “di dentro e di fuori” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

forumer (of forum)
forene (of for)

Noun

fora n

indefinite plural of forum
definite plural of for

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From for, fòr (“furrow”).

Alternative forms

fore, fòra, fòre

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)

to furrow

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fóðra.

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)

Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 3

From for, fôr (“lining of clothes”).

Verb

fora (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fora/for)

Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fora f

fora n

plural definite of for
plural definite of for

fora n pl (non-standard since 2012)

inflection of forum:
1. plural indefinite
2. plural definite

References

“fora”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old English

Noun

fōra

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of fōr

Old High German

Alternative forms

for, fore

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ra/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

before, against, in the presence of

Descendants

Middle Low German: vor, vore
- Bavarian:
  Cimbrian: vóar, bóar (Mezzaselva)
  
  Mòcheno: vour
- Central Franconian: vür
- German: vor

References

Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɸora]

Etymology 1

Univerbation of for (“on”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

fora (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

on his/her/its/their
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 97^d10
  Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doib di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.
  It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that Good would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.

Etymology 2

for (“on”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

fora·

on whom/which
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^d15
  In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora·tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.
  The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

for, fore, fur, far

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *forē, whence also Old English fore; from Proto-Germanic *furai.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rɑ/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

before, against

Synonyms

Descendants

German Low German: för, vär, veer, ver (Low Prussian), vör, vœr

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

outside

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ra/
Rhymes: -ɔra
Syllabification: fo‧ra

Noun

fora

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin forās (“outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Adverb

fora (not comparable)

outside (on the outside of a building or location)
Fiquei trancado fora da minha casa. ― I got locked outside my house.
abroad; overseas (in another country)
Morei fora por dois anos. ― I lived abroad for two years.
out (away from home or one’s usual place)
Hoje jantarei fora. ― Today I’ll dine out.
away (to be discarded)
Joga esse lixo fora. ― Throw away this trash.

Derived terms

Preposition

fora

except (with the exception of)
Synonym: exceto

Todos leram o livro, fora o João. ― Everyone read the book, except John.

Noun

fora m (plural foras)

(Brazil, colloquial) rejection of a romantic proposal

Interjection

fora!

out! (demanding that someone leave)
Synonyms: andor, rua

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin fueram (1st person) and fuerat (3rd person), inflected forms of sum (“to be”).

Alternative forms

fôra (pre-reform)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Verb

fora

first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir
first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French forer, from Latin forare.

Verb

a fora (third-person singular present forează, past participle forat) 1st conjugation

to drill

Conjugation

conjugation of fora (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a fora
gerund			forând
past participle			forat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	forez	forezi	forează	forăm	forați	forează
	imperfect	foram	forai	fora	foram	forați	forau
	simple perfect	forai	forași	foră	forarăm	forarăți	forară
	pluperfect	forasem	foraseși	forase	foraserăm	foraserăți	foraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să forez	să forezi	să foreze	să forăm	să forați	să foreze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		forează			forați
	negative		nu fora			nu forați

Sicilian

Alternative forms

fori

Etymology

From Latin foras.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔra/
Hyphenation: fò‧ra

Adverb

fora

Antonyms

dintra

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic فَوْرَة (fawra, “outburst; excitement”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

fora class IX (plural fora class X)

a win, success

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fora (“journey”); see föra (“to transport, move objects”). Also related to fara (“to go, travel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fuːra/

Noun

fora c

transported cargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded

Declension

Declension of fora

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fora	foras
singular	definite	foran	forans
plural	indefinite	foror	forors
plural	definite	fororna	forornas

Derived terms

timmerfora

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan fora.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ɾa/
Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Noun

fora (definite accusative forayı, plural foralar)

(nautical) The act of unfurling sails.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fora
Definite accusative	forayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fora	foralar
Definite accusative	forayı	foraları
Dative	foraya	foralara
Locative	forada	foralarda
Ablative	foradan	foralardan
Genitive	foranın	foraların

Derived terms

fora etmek

Related terms

forum

Interjection

fora!

(nautical) The command given to unfurl sails.

References

^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fora”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

outside

Preposition

fora

outside, outwith

[1] Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).

[2] ro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[3] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fora”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Albanian

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Catalan

Etymology 1

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Adverb

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Etymology 2

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Dutch

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Noun

Esperanto

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Adjective

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French

Verb

Galician

Etymology 1

Verb

Etymology 2

Verb

Ido

Adjective

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Preposition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

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Latin

Noun

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Neapolitan

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Adverb

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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Verb

Etymology 2

Verb

Etymology 3

Verb

Etymology 4

Noun

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Old English

Noun

Old High German

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