"forum" in seven languages
Meaningforum
Spanish
foro
/ˈfoɾo/
masc.learned
French
forum
/fɔʁɔm/
masc.learned
Italian
foro
/ˈfɔro/
masc.learned
Online forums are usually forum (invariable).
Portuguese
fórum
/ˈfɔɾũ/
masc.learned
Romanian
forum
/ˈforum/
neut.learned
Catalan
fòrum
/ˈfɔɾum/
masc.learned
English
forum
/ˈfɔɹəm/
from Latin/French · Latin
English → ItalianforumforoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FORUM‘public square, marketplace’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The learned foro has an inherited twin in Spanish: fuero, a medieval charter of local rights, with the regular ue for short o.
English relatives: forensic
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In a sentence
- esEl foro está abierto a todos.
- frLe forum est ouvert à tous.
- itIl forum è aperto a tutti.
- ptO fórum está aberto a todos.
- roForumul este deschis tuturor.
- caEl fòrum és obert a tothom.
- enThe forum is open to everyone.
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