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Definitions and meaning of forum

forum

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹəm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːɹəm/

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːɹəm/
• Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

forum (plural forums or fora)

1. A place for discussion.
2. A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium.
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 on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.

5. (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).

Derived terms

Related terms

• conforaneous (rare)

Descendants

• → Italian: forum

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. forum (ancient Roman marketplace)
2. forum (venue, medium, vehicle; general place of exchange)
3. Internet forum

   Synonym: internetforum

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• internetforum

Related terms

• foor

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁɔm/

Noun

forum m (plural forums)

1. forum
2. Internet forum

Further reading

• “forum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

1. forum: a place for discussion.
2. institution, body

   Synonyms: lembaga, wadah

3. meeting, session, assembly.

   Synonym: sidang

Alternative forms

• fora

Further reading

• “forum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

forum m (invariable)

1. forum (gathering for the purposes of discussion)
2. (by extension, usually capitalized) venue, auditorium, arena
3. (Internet) forum (message board)

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fworom, from earlier *θworom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwor-om (“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

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

Noun

forum n (genitive forī); second declension

1. public place, marketplace, forum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• forensis
• forica

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.
• “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)

1. 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)

1. a forum (as above)

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

forum n

1. forum (all senses)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• forum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• forum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forum.

Noun

forum n (plural forumuri)

1. forum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

1. forum

Declension

Derived terms

• fórumskī

Swedish

Noun

forum n

1. a forum (place, gathering, or group)
2. (Internet) a forum
3. (historical) a forum

Declension

References

• forum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• forum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• forum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈɾum/
• Rhymes: -rum

Noun

forum (definite accusative forumu, plural forumlar)

1. forum
2. Internet forum

Declension

Source: wiktionary.org