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English

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?f?.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?f?.?a/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan fòra), from Latin for?s (“outside”) (compare French hors, Spanish fuera), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?wer- (“door; gate”).

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fora

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of fóra

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.
• “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): /?fora/
• Hyphenation: fo?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

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-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

fora

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

Ido

Adjective

fora

1. distant

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fora]
• Hyphenation: fo?ra

Noun

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

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of forum

Italian

Verb

fora

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

Anagrams

• afro, faro, farò

Latin

Noun

fora

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

References

• fora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of forum) forumer
• (of for) forene

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 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 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 for)

1. Alternative form of fôre

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

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 *for?, whence also Old English fore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fo.ra/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

1. before, against, in the presence of

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vor, vore
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: bóar

    Mòcheno: vour

  • Central Franconian: vür
  • German: vor

References

• Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fora/

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

Etymology 2

for (“on”) +? -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

fora·

1. on whom/which
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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• for, fore, fur, far

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?.r?/

Preposition

fora (+ dative)

1. before, against

Descendants

• Low German: vör

Synonyms

• biforan
• withar
• with

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin for?s (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

1. outside

Polish

Noun

fora

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese fora, from Latin for?s (“outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?wer- (“door; gate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fo?ra
• IPA^(key): /?f?.??/

Adverb

fora (not comparable)

1. outside (on the outside of a building or location)

2. abroad; overseas (in another country)

3. out (away from home or one’s usual place)

4. away (to be discarded)

Derived terms

Preposition

fora

1. except (with the exception of)

   Synonym: exceto

Noun

fora m (plural foras)

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

Interjection

fora!

1. out! (demanding that someone leave)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• fôra (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fo.??/

Verb

fora

1. First-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of ser
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) pluperfect indicative of ser
3. First-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of ir
4. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) pluperfect indicative of ir

Romanian

Etymology

From French forer, from Latin forare.

Verb

a fora (third-person singular present foreaz?, past participle forat) 1st conj.

1. to drill

Conjugation

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• fori

Etymology

From Latin foras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?ra/
• Hyphenation: fò?ra

Adverb

fora

1. outside
2. outdoors

Antonyms

• dintra

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (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”).

Noun

fora c

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

Declension

Derived terms

• timmerfora

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin for?s (“outside”).

Adverb

fora

1. outside

Preposition

fora

1. outside, outwith

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????

Etymology 1

Noun

ora

1. plural of os; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix.

Etymology 2

Old English [Term?].

Noun

ora (plural oras)

1. A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, OAR, ROA, Rao, Roa, aro, oar

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a/

Noun

ora f

1. definite singular of orë

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “ora”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ora.

Adverb

ora

1. there, thither, to that place

Derived terms

• ora-bura (“hither and thither”)
• orada (“there”)
• oraya (“thither, to that place”)
• oradan (“thence, from that place”)

Antonyms

• bura

Noun

ora

1. that place

Declension

Blagar

Noun

ora

1. tail

References

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 135

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin aura (“breeze”). Doublet of aura.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??.?a/

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. breeze
2. calm weather

Derived terms

• oratge
• orejar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?o.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?o.?a/

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present indicative form of orar
2. second-person singular imperative form of orar

Further reading

• “ora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin h?ra.

Noun

ora f (plural ori)

1. hour
2. time

Esperanto

Etymology

From oro (“gold”) +? -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ora/
• Hyphenation: o?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

ora (accusative singular oran, plural oraj, accusative plural orajn)

1. golden

Related terms

• oro

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *H??raH (compare Sanskrit ??? (??r?)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ólos (compare Old Norse alr, English awl). Cognate with Hungarian ár, Inari Sami oari, Moksha ??? (ura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?or?/, [?o?r?]
• Rhymes: -or?
• Syllabification: o?ra

Noun

ora

1. thorn

Declension

Synonyms

• oka
• oras

Compounds

• oralehti
• orapaatsama
• orapihlaja
• oratuomi
• poltinora

Anagrams

• aro

Galician

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present indicative of orar
2. second-person singular imperative of orar

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian ora

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: nunc

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin h?ra (“hour”), from ??? (h?ra, “hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o.ra/
• Hyphenation: ó?ra

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. hour
2. time (of day); hour

Derived terms

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Etymology 2

From Latin h?r?, ablative case of h?ra (“hour”).

Adverb

ora

2. now

   Synonym: adesso

Derived terms

• finora
• or ora
• per ora

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Conjunction

ora... ora...

1. first... then...; one moment... the next...

Etymology 3

From Latin aura, from ???? (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the borrowing aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ra/

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze

   Synonyms: aura, brezza, venticello

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ora

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

Anagrams

• aro, arò

Javanese

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

Verb

ora

1. To live.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin h?ra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. hour

Synonyms

• ëura

Preposition

ora

1. except

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown; possibly related to Hittite [script needed] (er-?a-aš /er?aš/, “line, boundary”), Sanskrit ??? (?ré, “far”), perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h?erh?- (“border, line”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o?.ra/, [?o??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.ra/, [?????]

Noun

?ra f (genitive ?rae); first declension

1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
2. sea coast
3. region, country

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (border, limit, edge): f?nis, labrum, limbus, l?mes, marg?
• (sea coast): acta, l?tus

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ?s (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o?.ra/, [?o??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.ra/, [?????]

Noun

?ra

1. nominative plural of ?s
2. accusative plural of ?s
3. vocative plural of ?s

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o?.ra?/, [?o??ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.ra/, [?????]

Verb

?r?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?r?

References

• ora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a/

Verb

ora

1. to exist
2. to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy
3. to survive

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin h?ra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uro]

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

Derived terms

See also

• minuta
• segonda

Old Dutch

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ows-.

Noun

?ra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ôre
  • Dutch: oor
    • Afrikaans: oor
  • Limburgish: oear

Further reading

• “?ra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

A derivate of ear (“earth”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?.r?/

Noun

?ra m

1. ore, unwrought metal; brass
2. border, bank, shore

Declension

Related terms

• ore

Old High German

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ?are and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ?ra (“ear”), Old Saxon ?ra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?.ra/

Noun

?ra n

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • Alemannic German: Oor
  • Bavarian: Oar
  • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
    • Hunsrik: Oher
    • Luxembourgish: Ouer
  • German: Ohr
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Ohr

  • Vilamovian: ür
  • Yiddish: ?????? (oyer)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *au??, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old Frisian ?re, Old English ?are and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ?ra (“ear”), Old High German ?ra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ows-.

Noun

?ra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ôre
  • Low German: Ohr
    • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
    • German Low German: Or, Ur

      Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese hora and Spanish hora and Kabuverdianu óra.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. hour

Pronoun

ora

1. when

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ra/

Verb

ora

1. (proscribed) third-person singular present of ora?

Usage notes

Standard form: orze

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.??/
• Homophone: hora

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ora, from Latin h?ra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonyms: agora, já

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

Interjection

ora!

1. duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
2. oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)

Derived terms

• ora bem
• ora bolas

Alternative forms

• oras

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of orar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of orar

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of or?

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aura

Etymology

From Latin aura.

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) weather

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?a/, [?o.?a]

Verb

ora

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of orar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of orar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of orar.

Conjunction

ora ... ora ...

1. now (something) now something else; sometimes something, sometimes something else; at times something, at times something else. Used to introduce opposing ideas.

References

“ora” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????, equivalent to o (“that”) +? -ra.

Pronoun

ora

1. there