forum

See also: förum, fórum, fórům, and Forum

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹəm/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːɹəm/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm
(without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːɹəm/
Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

forum (plural forums or fora)

A place for discussion.
A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
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.
Trish was an admin on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
(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 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

choice of forum agreement
choice of forum clause
e-forum
forum clause
forum non conveniens
forum selection agreement
forum selection clause
forum shopping

Related terms

conforaneous (rare)

Descendants

→ Italian: forum

Translations

place for discussion

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Armenian: ֆորում (hy) (forum)
Belarusian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Bulgarian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 論壇／论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 座談會／座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Danish: forum n
Esperanto: forumo
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: foorumi (fi)
French: forum (fr) m
Georgian: ფორუმი (porumi)
German: Forum (de) n
Hungarian: fórum (hu)
Ido: forumo (io)
Italian: foro (it) m
Japanese: 論壇 (ja) (ろんだん, rondan), フォーラム (ja) (fōramu)
Korean: 논단(論壇) (nondan), 론단(論壇) (rondan) (North Korea), 포럼 (poreom)
Maori: marae ātea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forum (no) n
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Spanish: foro (es) m
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Tok Pisin: bungples
Turkish: divan (tr), müzakere yeri, münteda
Ukrainian: фо́рум (uk) m (fórum)
Vietnamese: diễn đàn (vi)

gathering for the purpose of discussion

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 論壇／论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 座談會／座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Esperanto: kunveno
Finnish: keskustelutilaisuus
French: forum (fr) m
German: Forum (de) n
Italian: forum (it) m
Maori: wānanga
Norwegian: forum (no), fora (no) pl
Persian: انجمن‎ (fa) (anjoman)
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Tok Pisin: bungples
Turkish: forum (tr)
Vietnamese: diễn đàn (vi)

form of discussion

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Bulgarian: свобо́дна диску́сия f (svobódna diskúsija)
Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 座談會／座谈会 (zh) (zuòtánhuì), 論壇／论坛 (zh) (lùntán)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Esperanto: forumo
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: paneelikeskustelu
French: forum (fr) m
German: Forum (de) n
Italian: forum (it) m
Japanese: 討論 (ja) (とうろん, tōron), 討論会 (とうろんかい, tōronkai)
Korean: 토론(討論) (ko) (toron), 토론회(討論會) (ko) (toronhoe)
Norwegian: forum (no) n, fora (no) pl
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Turkish: forum (tr)
Vietnamese: hội thảo (vi)

Internet message board

Arabic: مُنْتَدَى‎ (ar) m (muntadā)
Armenian: ֆորում (hy) (forum)
Belarusian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Bulgarian: фо́рум m (fórum)
Catalan: fòrum (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 論壇／论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 討論板／讨论板 (tǎolùnbǎn)
Czech: fórum (cs) n
Dutch: forum (nl) n, internetforum (nl) n
Esperanto: forumo
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: keskustelupalsta (fi)
French: forum (fr) m
Galician: foro
Georgian: ფორუმი (porumi)
German: Forum (de) n
Greek: φόρουμ (el) (fóroum)
Hindi: फ़ोरम m (foram)
Ido: forumo (io)
Italian: forum (it) m
Japanese: フォーラム (ja) (fōramu), 伝言板 (でんごんばん, dengonban)
Korean: 포럼 (poreom), 전언판(傳言板) (jeoneonpan)
Macedonian: форум m (forum)
Norwegian: forum (no) n, fora (no) pl
Persian: انجمن‎ (fa) (anjoman), تالار گفتگو‎ (tâlâr-e goftogu), فروم‎ (forom)
Polish: forum (pl) n
Portuguese: fórum (pt) m [de discussão]
Russian: фо́рум (ru) m (fórum)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фо́рум m
Roman: fórum (sh) m
Slovak: fórum m
Slovene: forum (sl)
Spanish: foro (es) m
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Tagalog: pagtitipon
Tok Pisin: bungples
Turkish: forum (tr)
Ukrainian: фо́рум (uk) m (fórum)
Vietnamese: diễn đàn (vi), 4rum (slang)

square or marketplace

Catalan: fòrum (ca) m
Estonian: foorum
Finnish: tori (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀγορά f (agorá)
Latin: forum (la) n
Maori: marae ātea
Swedish: forum (sv) n
Vietnamese: chợ (vi)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.rʏm/
Audio (file)
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/
audio (file)

Noun

forum m (plural forums)

forum
Internet forum

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch forum, from Latin forum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈforʊm]
Hyphenation: fo‧rum

Noun

forum (plural forum-forum, first-person possessive forumku, second-person possessive forummu, third-person possessive forumnya)

forum: a place for discussion.
institution, body
Synonyms: lembaga, wadah
meeting, session, assembly.
Synonym: sidang

Alternative forms

fora

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)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fworom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“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) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔrʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔːrum]

Noun

forum n (genitive forī); second declension

public place, marketplace, forum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	forum	fora
Genitive	forī	forōrum
Dative	forō	forīs
Accusative	forum	fora
Ablative	forō	forīs
Vocative	forum	fora

Derived terms

forensis
forica

Descendants

Catalan: fur, → fòrum (learned)
Chechen: хӏорам (horam)
English: forum
- → Italian: forum
French: for, forum, fur
Galician: foro
German: Forum
Italian: foro
Portuguese: foro, fórum (borrowing)
Romanian: for
Sicilian: foru
Spanish: foro, fuero
Russian: фо́рум (fórum)
→ Turkish: forum

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’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, 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
“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/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrum
Syllabification: fo‧rum

Noun

forum n

forum (all senses)

Declension

Declension of forum

	singular	plural
nominative	forum	fora
genitive	forum	forów
dative	forum	forom
accusative	forum	fora
instrumental	forum	forami
locative	forum	forach
vocative	forum	fora

Derived terms

adjectives

forowy
forumowy

nouns

forowicz
forumowicz

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Noun

forum n (plural forumuri)

forum

Declension

Declension of forum

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) forum	forumul	(niște) forumuri	forumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) forum	forumului	(unor) forumuri	forumurilor
vocative	forumule		forumurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fórum m (Cyrillic spelling фо́рум)

forum

Declension

Declension of forum

	singular	plural
nominative	forum	forumi
genitive	foruma	foruma
dative	forumu	forumima
accusative	forum	forume
vocative	forume	forumi
locative	forumu	forumima
instrumental	forumom	forumima

Derived terms

fórumskī

Swedish

Noun

forum n

a forum (place, gathering, or group)
(Internet) a forum
(historical) a forum

Declension

Declension of forum
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	forum	forumet	forum	forumen
Genitive	forums	forumets	forums	forumens

Declension of forum
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	forum	forumet	fora	fora
Genitive	forums	forumets	foras	foras

References

forum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
forum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
forum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /foˈɾum/
Rhymes: -rum

Noun

forum (definite accusative forumu, plural forumlar)

forum
Internet forum

Declension

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

forum

English

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Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

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French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Alternative forms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

Declension

References

Turkish

Etymology

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Noun

Declension