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See also: förum, fórum, fórům, and Forum

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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  • 4m (Internet leet)
  • 4rum (Internet leet)

Etymology

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From Latin forum (public market place, forum). Doublet of fuero.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forum (plural forums or fora)

  1. A place for discussion.
  2. A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium.
  3. A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
  4. (Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
    Trish was an admin on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
  5. (historical) A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.

Usage notes

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The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal 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

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Descendants

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  • Italian: forum
  • Korean: 포럼 (poreom)

Translations

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin forum. The sense “Internet forum” comes from English forum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoː.rʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

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forum n (plural fora or forums, diminutive forumpje n)

  1. forum (ancient Roman marketplace)
  2. forum (venue, medium, vehicle; general place of exchange)
  3. Internet forum
    Synonym: internetforum

Usage notes

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All senses can use the plural fora. The plural forums is predominantly used for the sense “Internet forum”.

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French

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Etymology

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Noun

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forum m (plural forums)

  1. forum
  2. Internet forum

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Dutch forum, from Latin forum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈforum/
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

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forum

  1. forum (a place for discussion)
  2. institution, body
    Synonyms: lembaga, wadah
  3. meeting, session, assembly
    Synonym: sidang

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English forum, borrowed from Latin forum. Doublet of foro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forum m (invariable)

  1. forum (gathering for the purposes of discussion)
  2. (by extension, usually capitalized) venue, auditorium, arena
  3. (Internet) forum (message board)

Further reading

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  • forum in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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forum n (genitive forī); second declension

  1. public place, marketplace, forum

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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’s 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.
    • (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
    • (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
    • (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
  • 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

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Noun

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forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural fora or forumer, definite plural foraene or foruma or forumene)

  1. a forum (place for discussion, either on the Internet or in real life)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural forum, definite plural foruma)

  1. a forum (as above)

Polish

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Etymology

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From Latin forum. Doublet of dwór (court, courtyard).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forum n

  1. forum (all senses)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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  • forum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • forum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin forum.

Noun

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forum n (plural forumuri)

  1. forum

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fǒːrum/
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

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fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

  1. forum

Declension

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Swedish

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Noun

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forum n

  1. a forum (place, gathering, or group)
  2. (Internet) a forum
  3. (historical) a forum

Declension

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forum (definite accusative forumu, plural forumlar)

  1. forum
  2. Internet forum

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative forum
Definite accusative forumu
Singular Plural
Nominative forum forumlar
Definite accusative forumu forumları
Dative foruma forumlara
Locative forumda forumlarda
Ablative forumdan forumlardan
Genitive forumun forumların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular forumum forumlarım
2nd singular forumun forumların
3rd singular forumu forumları
1st plural forumumuz forumlarımız
2nd plural forumunuz forumlarınız
3rd plural forumları forumları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular forumumu forumlarımı
2nd singular forumunu forumlarını
3rd singular forumunu forumlarını
1st plural forumumuzu forumlarımızı
2nd plural forumunuzu forumlarınızı
3rd plural forumlarını forumlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular forumuma forumlarıma
2nd singular forumuna forumlarına
3rd singular forumuna forumlarına
1st plural forumumuza forumlarımıza
2nd plural forumunuza forumlarınıza
3rd plural forumlarına forumlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular forumumda forumlarımda
2nd singular forumunda forumlarında
3rd singular forumunda forumlarında
1st plural forumumuzda forumlarımızda
2nd plural forumunuzda forumlarınızda
3rd plural forumlarında forumlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular forumumdan forumlarımdan
2nd singular forumundan forumlarından
3rd singular forumundan forumlarından
1st plural forumumuzdan forumlarımızdan
2nd plural forumunuzdan forumlarınızdan
3rd plural forumlarından forumlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular forumumun forumlarımın
2nd singular forumunun forumlarının
3rd singular forumunun forumlarının
1st plural forumumuzun forumlarımızın
2nd plural forumunuzun forumlarınızın
3rd plural forumlarının forumlarının