different between fore vs forme

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: four, for (in accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology

A development of the prefix fore-.

Adjective

fore (comparative former, superlative foremost)

1. (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th-18th c.]

2. Forward; situated towards the front (of something). [from 16th c.]
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 23:

     Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop […]

Antonyms

• (order): latter
• (location): aft

Translations

Interjection

fore

1. (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

Translations

Noun

fore (uncountable)

1. The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
   • 2002, Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas:

     People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.

Related terms

• fore-and-aft
• foremost
• forehead

Translations

Adverb

fore (not comparable)

1. In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
2. (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
3. (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.

Anagrams

• Freo, OFer, froe, o-fer, ofer, orfe

Cornish

Noun

fore

1. Mixed mutation of bore.

Esperanto

Etymology

for +? -e

Adverb

fore

1. far away

French

Verb

fore

1. first-person singular present indicative of forer
2. third-person singular present indicative of forer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of forer
5. second-person singular imperative of forer

Ido

Etymology

for +? -e

Adverb

fore

1. (far) away, afar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fo.re/, [?f???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fo.re/, [?f????]

Etymology 1

See foris.

Noun

fore

1. ablative singular of foris

Etymology 2

Formally present active infinitive corresponding to fu? (“I have been”), irregular perfect indicative of sum (“I am”). From Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to become, be”), cognate with Old English b?o (“I become, I will be, I am”). In classical Latin, the fu- forms of sum are mostly limited to the perfect tenses, but old Latin has alternate present and imperfect subjunctive forms fuam and forem (for classical sim and essem) suggesting the root could once be fully conjugated. After being incorporated in the conjugation of sum, the meaning of fore shifted from the original "to become" to the classical "to be going to be".

Alternative forms

• fut?rus esse

Verb

fore

1. future active infinitive of sum

Usage notes

• Also used in the construction fore ut in place of a future passive infinitive in indirect discourse:

References

• fore in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fore in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fore in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fore in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

fore

1. fore

Descendants

• Scots: fore
• English: fore

Numeral

fore

1. four

Conjunction

fore

1. therefore

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fóre

Noun

fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene)

1. behaviour
2. footprints, tracks
3. (economics) ability, standing

Etymology 2

Derived from for (“travel”), from Old Norse f?r, but made a weak noun. From earlier Proto-Germanic *far?.

Alternative forms

• fòre

Noun

fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene)

1. alternative form of for

Etymology 3

From fòr (“furrow”).

Alternative forms

• fora, fòra, fòre

Verb

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

1. to furrow

Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Norse fóðra.

Alternative forms

• fora, fôra, fôre

Verb

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

1. to fodder animals
   1. to breed, raise
2. to gather food, fodder
3. to feed

Related terms

• fôr n (“fodder”)

Etymology 5

Made from fôr (“lining of clothes”)

Alternative forms

• fora, fôra, fôre

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to line (clothes)
2. (transitive) to clad with covering layers

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

fore

1. inflection of for:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “fore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

fore

1. past subjunctive of fara

Anagrams

• efor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?v?r?/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?v?ra/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?vo?r?/, /?v?r?/

Noun

fore

1. Soft mutation of bore (“morning”).

Mutation

English

Noun

forme (plural formes)

1. Obsolete form of form.
2. (printing) Alternative form of form (“type etc. secured in a chase”)
   • 1978, David A. Bloestein, Introduction, John Marston, David A. Bloestein (editor), Parasitaster: Or, The Fawn, page 47,

     Both these formes, with running titles intact, were retained to print sheet D of Q2.

   • 1994, Jay L. Halio, Introduction, Jay L. Halio (editor), William Shakespeare, The First Quarto of King Lear, page 21,

     Q2 was printed in twenty-two formes.

   • 2011, Eugene Giddens, How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text, page 41,

     In casting off, the printing house would judge the length of a manuscript to determine both how many sheets would be needed, and what the divisions were between one forme and another. (A forme is one side of a sheet: four quarto pages or two folio pages.) Because formes do not have many consecutive pages, estimates would be further broken down by page. If a quarto forme includes a putative page one, for instance, that side of the sheet would also include pages four, five, and eight.

Anagrams

• Frome, e-form, eForm, eform, feorm, frome

Asturian

Verb

forme

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of formar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of formar

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rm?/, [?f??m?]

Etymology 1

See form (“shape, form”).

Noun

forme c

1. indefinite plural of form

Etymology 2

From form (“shape, form”).

Verb

forme (imperative form, infinitive at forme, present tense former, past tense formede, perfect tense er/har formet)

1. shape
2. clay
3. mould
4. form, frame

French

Etymology

From Old French forme, borrowed from Latin f?rma, possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (morph?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??m/

Noun

forme f (plural formes)

1. shape (geometrical representation)
2. shape (physical appearance)
3. form

Derived terms

Related terms

• difforme
• formel
• former
• formule
  • formulaire
• informe

Further reading

• “forme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Verb

forme

1. inflection of formen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Noun

forme f pl

1. plural of forma

Anagrams

• fermo, fermò, fremo

Latin

Adjective

forme

1. vocative masculine singular of formus

Norman

Etymology

From Old French forme, borrowed from Latin forma.

Pronunciation

Noun

forme f (plural formes)

1. (Jersey) form

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse forma

Verb

forme (imperative form, present tense former, passive formes, simple past and past participle forma or formet, present participle formende)

1. to form
2. to shape

Derived terms

• formbar
• omforme

Related terms

• form (noun)

References

• “forme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• forma

Etymology

From Old Norse forma

Verb

forme (present tense formar, past tense forma, past participle forma, passive infinitive formast, present participle formande, imperative form)

1. to form
2. to shape

Derived terms

• formbar

Related terms

• form (noun)
• -forma

References

• “forme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

forme

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of formar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of formar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of formar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of formar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?forme]

Noun

forme f pl

1. plural of form?

Spanish

Verb

forme

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of formar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of formar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of formar.