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fors

See also: förs

English

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Noun

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fors pl (plural only)

  1. Only used in fors and againsts

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Noun

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fors

  1. plural of for

Dutch

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective

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fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

  1. stout, large
  2. substantial, considerable

Declension

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Declension of fors
uninflected fors
inflected forse
comparative forser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial fors forser het forst
het forste
indefinite m./f. sing. forse forsere forste
n. sing. fors forser forste
plural forse forsere forste
definite forse forsere forste
partitive fors forsers —

Adverb

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fors

  1. strongly

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Noun

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fors

  1. plural of for

Preposition

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fors

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

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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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

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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.’’)
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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative fors fortēs
genitive fortis fortium
dative fortī fortibus
accusative fortem fortēs
fortīs
ablative forte fortibus
vocative fors fortēs
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Etymology 2

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

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Adverb

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fors (not comparable)

  1. perhaps, perchance

References

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  • “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[1], 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[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

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fors

  1. apart from

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin foris.

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Adverb

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fors

  1. outside

Preposition

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fors

  1. outside
  2. apart from
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  • Middle French: fors

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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fors m (genitive fors, plural forsar)

  1. a waterfall

Declension

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  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

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References

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  • “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[3], 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[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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fors m

  1. torrent, stream
  2. waterfall

Declension

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Declension of forser (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

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Portuguese

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Noun

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fors

  1. plural of for

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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fors c

  1. a rapids, white water
  2. a chute (in a river)

Declension

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Declension of fors
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fors fors
definite forsen forsens
plural indefinite forsar forsars
definite forsarna forsarnas
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Noun

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fors

  1. plural of for
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