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Webster 1913 Edition


Forum

Fo′rum

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Forums
(#)
, L.
Fora
(#)
.
[L.; akin to
foris
,
foras
, out of doors. See
Foreign
.]
1.
A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
2.
A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the
forum
.
Brougham.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forum

FO'RUM

,
Noun.
[L. See Fair.]
1.
In Rome, a public place, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people; also, a market place. Hence,
2.
A tribunal; a court; any assembly empowered to hear and decide causes; also, jurisdiction.

Definition 2024


fórum

fórum

See also: forum, förum, fórům, and Forum

Czech

Noun

fórum n

  1. forum

Declension


Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin forum. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːrum]
  • Hyphenation: fó‧rum

Noun

fórum (plural fórumok)

  1. forum

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fórum fórumok
accusative fórumot fórumokat
dative fórumnak fórumoknak
instrumental fórummal fórumokkal
causal-final fórumért fórumokért
translative fórummá fórumokká
terminative fórumig fórumokig
essive-formal fórumként fórumokként
essive-modal
inessive fórumban fórumokban
superessive fórumon fórumokon
adessive fórumnál fórumoknál
illative fórumba fórumokba
sublative fórumra fórumokra
allative fórumhoz fórumokhoz
elative fórumból fórumokból
delative fórumról fórumokról
ablative fórumtól fórumoktól
Possessive forms of fórum
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fórumom fórumaim
2nd person sing. fórumod fórumaid
3rd person sing. fóruma fórumai
1st person plural fórumunk fórumaink
2nd person plural fórumotok fórumaitok
3rd person plural fórumuk fórumaik

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin forum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾũ/

Noun

fórum m (plural fóruns)

  1. A justice court.
    O julgamento ocorrerá no fórum criminal da Barra Funda, em São Paulo.
    The trial will take place at the Barra Funda criminal court, in São Paulo.
  2. The building where such court is located.
  3. An Internet forum; occasionally appended with the clarification "fórum de discussão" (discussion forum).

Synonyms

Usage notes

The concurrent form foro is more adapted to the Portuguese language structure, as the -um ending isn't very common, having been usually replaced by -o in words derived from Latin neutral nouns.