forum

== English == === Alternative forms === 4m (Internet leet) 4rum (Internet leet) === Etymology === From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero and door. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːɹəm/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹəm/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfoːɹəm/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm Hyphenation: fo‧rum === Noun === forum (plural forums or fora) A place for discussion. A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium. 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. (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 everyday 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 ==== ==== 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) 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): /fɔ.ʁɔm/ === Noun === forum m (plural forums) forum Internet forum === Further reading === “forum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === fora (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Dutch forum, from Latin forum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈforum/ Hyphenation: fo‧rum === Noun === forum forum (a place for discussion) institution, body Synonyms: lembaga, wadah meeting, session, assembly Synonym: sidang === Further reading === forum on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id == 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) forum (gathering for the purposes of discussion) (by extension, usually capitalized) venue, auditorium, arena (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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔ.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.rum] === Noun === forum n (genitive forī); 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, 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) 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. Doublet of dwór (“court, courtyard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.rum/ Rhymes: -ɔrum Syllabification: fo‧rum === Noun === forum n 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) forum ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Latin forum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fǒːrum/ Hyphenation: fo‧rum === Noun === fórum m inan (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум) forum ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fórumskī == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin forum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoɾum/ [ˈfo.ɾũm] Rhymes: -oɾum Syllabification: fo‧rum === Noun === forum m (plural forums) alternative spelling of fórum ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “forum”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA == Swedish == === Noun === forum n a forum (place, gathering, or group) (Internet) a forum (historical) a forum ==== Declension ==== === References === “forum”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “forum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “forum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === From Latin forum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /foˈɾum/ Rhymes: -rum === Noun === forum (definite accusative forumu, plural forumlar) forum Internet forum ==== Declension ====