fors

== English == === Noun === fors pl (plural only) Only used in fors and againsts === Anagrams === SFor, Orfs, sORF, SOFR, orfs, 'fros, ORFs, fros == Catalan == === Noun === fors plural of for == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔrs === Adjective === fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst) stout, large substantial, considerable ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === fors strongly == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === fors plural of for === Preposition === fors except, save === Further reading === “fors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔrs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔrs] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), брать (bratʹ, “to take”), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root. ==== Noun ==== fors f (genitive fortis); third declension luck, chance ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From contraction of fors sit (“it might happen”). ==== Alternative forms ==== forsit fors sit ==== Adverb ==== fors (not comparable) perhaps, perchance === References === “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fors”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive "fors", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fors”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. fors in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === hors === Etymology === From Old French fors, from Latin foris. === Preposition === fors apart from == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin foris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾs/ === Adverb === fors outside === Preposition === fors outside apart from ==== Related terms ==== çafors defors ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: fors French: hors (or from defors) == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === foss === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *fursaz, from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to spray, splash”). === Noun === fors m (genitive fors, plural forsar) a waterfall ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: fors, foss → English: foss Faroese: fossur Norn: fors Norwegian: foss, fors → Danish: fos, >? fors Norwegian Bokmål: foss Old Swedish: fors Swedish: fors Middle Danish: fors >? Danish: fors (influenced by Norwegian) → Middle English: fors, force English: force (in the sense of a waterfall) (Northern England) → Middle Low German: vorsch === Further reading === “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fors”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive "fors", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co. fors in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === ᚠᚮᚱᛋ === Etymology === From Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz. === Noun === fors m torrent, stream waterfall ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: fors == Portuguese == === Noun === fors plural of for == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish fors, from Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔʂː/ === Noun === fors c a rapids, white water a chute (in a river) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== forsränning ==== Related terms ==== forsa === References === fors in Svensk ordbok (SO) fors in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) == Walloon == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔʀ/ === Noun === fors plural of for