French

Noun

foire f ‎(plural foires)

1. a fair, an exposition
2. a marketplace selling artisan goods

Related terms

• forain

Etymology 2

From Latin foria.

Noun

foire f ‎(plural foires)

1. (vulgar) diarrhoea
2. (figuratively, slang) fuckup, mess

Verb

foire

1. first-person singular present indicative of foirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of foirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of foirer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of foirer
5. second-person singular imperative of foirer

Old French

Alternative forms

• faire
• feire
• fere
• feyre

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *feria from the classical Latin noun feriae.

Noun

foire f ‎(oblique plural foires, nominative singular foire, nominative plural foires)

1. celebration
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Quant la foire iert plainne au Lendi

     When the celebration was in full swing on Monday

Descendants

• French: foire

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (foire, supplement)