fors

See also: förs

English

Noun

fors pl (plural only)

  1. Only used in fors and againsts

Catalan

Noun

fors

  1. plural of for

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective

fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

  1. stout, large
  2. substantial, considerable

Inflection
Inflection of fors
uninflected fors
inflected forse
comparative forser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial forsforserhet forst
het forste
indefinite m./f. sing. forseforsereforste
n. sing. forsforserforste
plural forseforsereforste
definite forseforsereforste
partitive forsforsers—

Adverb

fors

  1. strongly

French

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fors

  1. plural of for

Preposition

fors

  1. except, save
    Tout est perdu fors l’honneur.
    All is lost save honour.

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), брать (bratʹ, “to take”), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root.

Noun

fors f (genitive fortis); third declension

  1. luck, chance
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.507:
      fors suā cuique locō est
      Luck: And each place has its own.
      (Ovid tells what happens when Ceres (mythology) visits a family living at a site later known as Eleusis. Although ‘‘fors’’ is sometimes translated as ‘‘destiny,’’ which may imply determination, Ovid's probable meaning is that of random chance; idiomatically, ‘‘good luck.’’)
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fors fortēs
Genitive fortis fortium
Dative fortī fortibus
Accusative fortem fortēs
fortīs
Ablative forte fortibus
Vocative fors fortēs

Etymology 2

From contraction of fors sit (“it might happen”).

Alternative forms

Adverb

fors (not comparable)

  1. perhaps, perchance

References
  • “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “fors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fors 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)
  • fors in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
  • fors in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

Preposition

fors

  1. apart from

Old French

Etymology

From Latin foris.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾs/

Adverb

fors

  1. outside

Preposition

fors

  1. outside
  2. apart from

Descendants
  • Middle French: fors

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fursaz, from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to spray, splash”).

Noun

fors m (genitive fors, plural forsar)

  1. a waterfall

Declension
  Declension of fors (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fors forsinn forsar forsarnir
accusative fors forsinn forsa forsana
dative forsi forsinum forsum forsunum
genitive fors forsins forsa forsanna

Descendants

References
  • “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “fors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fors 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)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
    • (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
  • fors in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Swedish

Alternative forms
  • ᚠᚮᚱᛋ

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Noun

fors m

  1. torrent, stream
  2. waterfall

Declension

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  Declension of fors (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative forser forsrin forsar forsanir, forsaner
accusative fors forsin forsa forsana
dative forsi, forse forsinum, forsenom forsum, forsom forsumin, forsomen
genitive forss forssins forsa forsanna

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

fors

  1. plural of for

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fors, from Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔʂː/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fors c

  1. a rapid, whitewater
  2. a chute (in a river)

Declension
Declension of fors 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fors forsen forsar forsarna
Genitive fors forsens forsars forsarnas

Walloon

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔʀ/

Noun

fors

  1. plural of for
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