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forum
English
Alternative forms
- 4m (Internet leet)
- 4rum (Internet leet)
Etymology
From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f????m/
- Rhymes: -????m
- Hyphenation: fo?rum
Noun
forum (plural forums or fora)
- A place for discussion.
- A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
- A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
- (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.
- (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).
Related terms
- conforaneous (rare)
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin forum. The sense “Internet forum” comes from English forum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fo?.r?m/
- Hyphenation: fo?rum
Noun
forum n (plural fora or forums, diminutive forumpje n)
- forum (ancient Roman marketplace)
- forum (venue, medium, vehicle; general place of exchange)
- 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): /f?.??m/
Noun
forum m (plural forums)
- forum
- forum (for Internet)
Further reading
- “forum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch forum, from Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *d?worom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *d?wer- (“door, gate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?for?m]
- Hyphenation: fo?rum
Noun
forum (plural forum-forum, first-person possessive forumku, second-person possessive forummu, third-person possessive forumnya)
- forum: a place for discussion.
- institution, body
- Synonyms: lembaga, wadah
- meeting, session, assembly.
- Synonym: sidang
Alternative forms
- fora
Further reading
- “forum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *d?worom (“enclosure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?.rum/
- Rhymes: -?rum
- Hyphenation: fò?rum
Noun
forum m (invariable)
- forum (all meanings)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *d?worom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *d?wer- (“door, gate”). Cognate with foris, for?s, Old Church Slavonic ????? (dvor?, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit ????? (dv??ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fo.rum/, [?f?????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fo.rum/, [?f???um]
Noun
forum n (genitive for?); second declension
- 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, 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)
- 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)
- a forum (as above)
Polish
Etymology
From Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *d?worom (“enclosure, courtyard”), from *d?wer- (“door, gate”). Doublet of dwór (“court, courtyard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?.rum/
Noun
forum n
- forum (all senses)
Declension
Derived terms
- (nouns) forowicz, forumowicz
- (adjectives) forowy, forumowy
Further reading
- forum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin forum
Noun
forum n (plural forumuri)
- forum
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin forum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??rum/
- Hyphenation: fo?rum
Noun
fórum m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- forum
Declension
Derived terms
- fórumsk?
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phoenix
English
Alternative forms
- phenix (archaic)
- phœnix (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old English and Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoen?x, from Ancient Greek ?????? (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”). The grey heron was venerated at Heliopolis and associated in Egypt with the cyclical renewal of life because the bird rises in flight at dawn and migrates back every year in the flood season to inhabit the Nile waters.
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?'n?ks, IPA(key): /?fi?n?ks/
- Rhymes: -i?n?ks
Noun
phoenix (plural phoenix or phoenixes or phoenices)
- (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
- (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
- (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
- (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
Translations
Further reading
- phoenix (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- fenghuang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- phoenix (currency) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?p?oe?.ni?ks/, [?p?oe?ni?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fe.niks/, [?f??niks]
Noun
phoen?x f (genitive phoen?cis); third declension
- phoenix
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Noun
phoen?x m (genitive phoen?cis); third declension
- Phoenician
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Adjective
phoen?x (genitive phoen?cis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
- Phoenician
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
Synonyms
- (Phoenician): phoen?cius
Related terms
(Phoenician):
- Phoen?cia
- phoen?cius
References
(phoenix):
- phoenix, ?cis, m. in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phoen?x ?cis ?acc. ?ca, O.), m in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- phoenix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
(Phoenician):
- Phoenix, ?cis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phoen?ces, um, m. and sing. Phoenix s.v. Phoen?c?, ?s, f. in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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