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4-letter words (3 found)

AFRO,FARO,FORA,

3-letter words (9 found)

ARF,FAR,FOR,FRA,FRO,OAF,OAR,ORA,ORF,

2-letter words (4 found)

AR,FA,OF,OR,

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fora ofra froa rfoa orfa rofa foar ofar faor afor oafr aofr frao rfao faro afro rafo arfo oraf roaf oarf aorf raof arof

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Definitions and meaning of fora

fora

Noun

fora

  1. plural of forum (alternative form of forums).

Usage notes

The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.

References

Further reading

  • forums, fora at Google Ngram Viewer

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

  1. (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): (Valencian) [ˈfɔ.ɾa]

Preposition

fora

  1. out, outside
    Antonyms: dins, dintre
Derived terms
  • afores
  • fora de servei

Adverb

fora

  1. outside
    Antonyms: dins, dintre
  2. away
Derived terms
  • fora de sèrie

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • fóra (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfo.ɾa]

Verb

fora

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of ésser
  2. first/third-person singular conditional of ser

Further reading

  • “fora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “fora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “fora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “fora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

fora

  1. plural of forum

Esperanto

Etymology

for +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. far, distant

Related terms

French

Verb

fora

  1. third-person singular past historic of forer

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb

fora

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

fora

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser

Ido

Adjective

fora

  1. distant

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfora]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Noun

fora (first-person possessive foraku, second-person possessive foramu, third-person possessive foranya)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling 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

  1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of fuori
    1. out, outside, outwards (towards the outside)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fora

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

References

Anagrams

  • afro, afro-, faro, farò

Latin

Noun

fora

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. indefinite plural of forum
  2. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fora f

  1. singular definite of for
  2. singular definite of for
  3. singular definite of fore
  4. singular definite of fore

fora n

  1. plural definite of for
  2. plural definite of for

fora n pl (non-standard since 2012)

  1. 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 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)

  1. before, against, in the presence of

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: vor, vore
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: vóar, bóar
      Mòcheno: vour
    • Central Franconian: vür
    • German: vor

References

  • Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfora]

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)

  1. 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. 97d10

Etymology 2

for (“on”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

fora·

  1. 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. 4d15

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)

  1. before, against

Synonyms

  • biforan
  • withar
  • with

Descendants

  • German Low German: för, vär, veer, ver; vör, vœr

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

  1. outside

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fora

  1. nominative plural of forum
  2. accusative plural of forum
  3. vocative plural of forum

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Adverb

fora (not comparable)

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

Preposition

fora

  1. 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)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) rejection of a romantic proposal

Interjection

fora!

  2. 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 (superseded)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fo‧ra

Verb

fora

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir
  2. 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 conj.

  1. to drill

Conjugation

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • fori

Etymology

From Latin foras.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔra/
  • Hyphenation: fò‧ra

Adverb

fora

  1. outside
  2. outdoors

Antonyms

  • dintra

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

fora (n class, plural fora)

  1. 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

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • timmerfora

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian fora.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fora (definite accusative forayı, plural foralar)

  1. (nautical) The act of unfurling sails.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

fora!

  1. (nautical) The command given to unfurl sails.

References

Further reading

  • “fora”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fora”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1697

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin forās (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

  1. outside

Preposition

fora

  1. outside, outwith

Source: wiktionary.org