foro

See also: Foro, forò, forō, and -foro

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

foro

1. field

Etymology 2

Noun

fòrò

1. penis

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Esperanto

Etymology

for +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈforo/

Noun

foro (accusative singular foron, plural foroj, accusative plural forojn)

1. distance, a far place

Galician

Foro do Bo Burgo ("constitution/bill of rights of the Good Burg"), 1228, one of the oldest documents in Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese foro, from Latin forum. Cognate with Spanish fuero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔ.ɾʊ]

Noun

foro m (plural foros)

1. (historical) a multi-generational rental contract or lease of farmland
   • 1407, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 502:

     Iten, foro que ten Joan, de Cunbraaos, de herdades que teuo seu padre aforadas enno dicto lugar de Cunbraaos

     Item, lease that has Xoán, of Cumbraos, of properties that his father rented in said village of Cumbraos

2. (historical) constitution, statute or bill of rights issued by a lord, bishop or king to a town or city
   • 1244, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 13:

     Ista é carta de foro que faz dona Toda a estos homees que poblan esta pobla de Uila bona

     This is the charter of constitution [bill of rights] that makes Lady Toda to the men [humans] that peoples this town of Vilaboa [Goodville]

   • 1318, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 147:

     Et o foro de Padrom atal he, que pertigueyro, nen justiça, nen outro ome nihuun non deue prender ena villa de padrom ome nihuun por deueda nen por outra cousa nihua

     And the constitution of Padron is such that neither verger, nor justice, nor any other man, could capture a man in the town of Padrón because of a debt or because of any other motive

3. (historical) law private to a territory or collective; jurisdiction

Derived terms

• aforar
• foreiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “foro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “foro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: fò‧ro

Noun

foro m (plural fori)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) forum (square or marketplace used for public business and commerce)
2. (law) court

Etymology 2

Deverbal from forare (“to pierce, make a hole”) +‎ -o. Compare Portuguese furo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ro/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro, (traditional) -oro
• Hyphenation: fò‧ro, (traditional) fó‧ro

Noun

foro m (plural fori)

1. hole

   Synonym: buco

2. (anatomy) foramen

   Synonym: forame

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ro/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro, (traditional) -oro
• Hyphenation: fò‧ro, (traditional) fó‧ro

Verb

foro

1. first-person singular present indicative of forare

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: fò‧ro

Verb

foro

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of furono, third-person plural past historic of essere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.roː/, [ˈfɔroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ro/, [ˈfɔːro]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *forāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorH-eh₂yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce, strike”), with e-grade reflex attested in feriō. According to some the verb is denominal from *bʰorH-h₂ (“hole”).

Compare, also from Proto-Indo-European: Lithuanian bárti (“to accuse, scold”), Old Church Slavonic брати (brati, “to fight”), Icelandic berja (“to beat”), English bore.

Verb

forō (present infinitive forāre, perfect active forāvī, supine forātum); first conjugation

1. to bore
2. to pierce
   • T. Maccius Plautus, Mostellaria 1.1:

     O carnuficium cribrum, quod credo fore,
     ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias
     stimulis carnufices, si huc reveniat senex.

     O I guess you will be the executioner's sieve,
     for with pricks he will pierce you
     gibbeted, as soon as the old man back comes

Conjugation

   Conjugation of forō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	forō	forās	forat	forāmus	forātis	forant
	imperfect	forābam	forābās	forābat	forābāmus	forābātis	forābant
	future	forābō	forābis	forābit	forābimus	forābitis	forābunt
	perfect	forāvī	forāvistī	forāvit	forāvimus	forāvistis	forāvērunt, forāvēre
	pluperfect	forāveram	forāverās	forāverat	forāverāmus	forāverātis	forāverant
	future perfect	forāverō	forāveris	forāverit	forāverimus	forāveritis	forāverint
passive	present	foror	forāris, forāre	forātur	forāmur	forāminī	forantur
	imperfect	forābar	forābāris, forābāre	forābātur	forābāmur	forābāminī	forābantur
	future	forābor	forāberis, forābere	forābitur	forābimur	forābiminī	forābuntur
	perfect	forātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	forātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	forātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	forem	forēs	foret	forēmus	forētis	forent
imperfect	forārem	forārēs	forāret	forārēmus	forārētis	forārent
perfect	forāverim	forāverīs	forāverit	forāverīmus	forāverītis	forāverint
pluperfect	forāvissem	forāvissēs	forāvisset	forāvissēmus	forāvissētis	forāvissent
passive	present	forer	forēris, forēre	forētur	forēmur	forēminī	forentur
imperfect	forārer	forārēris, forārēre	forārētur	forārēmur	forārēminī	forārentur
perfect	forātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	forātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	forā	—	—	forāte	—
	future	—	forātō	forātō	—	forātōte	forantō
passive	present	—	forāre	—	—	forāminī	—
	future	—	forātor	forātor	—	—	forantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		forāre	forāvisse	forātūrum esse	forārī	forātum esse	forātum īrī
participles		forāns	—	forātūrus	—	forātus	forandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		forandī	forandō	forandum	forandō	forātum	forātū

Derived terms

• forābilis
• forāmen
• forātus
• perforō

Descendants

• Asturian: furar
• French: forer
  • → Romanian: fora
• Galician: furar
• Italian: forare
• Portuguese: furar
• Spanish: horadar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

forō

1. dative/ablative singular of forum

References

• “foro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
    
  • (ambiguous) to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bolt the door: fores obserare
    
  • (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
    

Mapudungun

Noun

foro (Raguileo spelling)

1. (anatomy) bone
2. (anatomy) tooth

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

foro

1. (obsolete) plural past tense of fara
   • 1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 43:

     Foro dei inckie vel i danna Fær

     Didn't they go on that way[?]

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese foro, from Latin forum. Doublet of fórum and cognate with Galician foro and Spanish fuero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: fo‧ro

Noun

foro m (plural foros, metaphonic)

1. (law) court
2. (law) jurisdiction (of a court)
3. (law) customary privilege or immunity
4. (law, historical) emphyteusis
5. (law, historical) foral (royal document establishing a town's council)
6. usual or customary fee
7. type, class

   doenças do foro cardíaco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• aforar

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin forum. Doublet of fórum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: fo‧ro

Noun

foro m (plural foros)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) forum

   Synonym: fórum

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forum. Doublet of fuero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾo/ [ˈfo.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: fo‧ro

Noun

foro m (plural foros)

1. forum (a place for discussion)
2. forum (an Internet message board)
3. (theater) forum

Derived terms

• aforar
• forero
• mutis por el foro

 

Further reading

• “foro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Verb

foro

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of fara

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfo.ɾo]

Verb

foro

1. (intransitive, of birds, etc.) to brood

Conjugation

Conjugation of foro
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toforo	foforo	miforo
2nd	noforo	niforo
3rd	Masculine	oforo	iforo, yoforo†
Feminine	moforo
Neuter	iforo
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Ubir

Noun

foro

1. pig

   Kuke foro sigi.

   The dog bit the pig.

References

• Bray Boreret and Bradley Aira and Jason Carwile. Tentative Grammar Description for the Ubir [ubi] Language spoken in Oro Province. Ms. 48pp. (2015).

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔɾɔ/

Noun

foro

1. rabbit

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad