Dutch

Adjective

fors ‎(comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

1. sturdy, strong
2. substantial, considerable

Inflection

Adverb

fors

1. strongly

Latin

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /foːrs/

Noun

fors f ‎(genitive fortis); third declension

1. luck, chance.

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From contraction of fōrs sit ‎(“it might happen”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fors/

Adverb

fors ‎(not comparable)

1. perhaps, perchance

Alternative forms

• forsit
• fōrs sit

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
• fors in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FORS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fors”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    
  • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
    
• fors in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

Alternative forms

• hors

Etymology

From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

Preposition

fors

1. apart from

Old French

Etymology

Latin foris.

Adverb

fors

1. outside

Preposition

fors

1. outside
2. apart from
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et je reconois et otroi
     Que nus n'i a coupes fors moi

     And I recognize and admit

     That nobody is responsible apart from me

Related terms

• çafors
• defors

Descendants

• French: hors

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fursaz, from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- ‎(“to spray, splash”).

Alternative forms

• foss

Noun

fors m (genitive fors, plural forsar)

1. a waterfall

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: fos
• Faroese: fossur
• Icelandic: foss
• Norwegian: foss
• Old Swedish: fors
  • Swedish: fors
• Westrobothnian: fars

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
• fors in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FORS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    
  • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
    
• fors in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Noun

fors m

1. torrent, stream
2. waterfall

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: fors

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fors, from Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʂː/

Noun

fors c

1. a rapid
2. a waterfall

Declension