fors

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective

fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

1. sturdy, strong
2. substantial, considerable

Adverb

fors

1. strongly

Noun

fors

1. plural of for

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From contraction of fōrs sit (“it might happen”)

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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Alternative forms

• hors

Etymology

From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

Preposition

fors

1. apart from

Etymology

From Latin foris.

Adverb

fors

1. outside

Preposition

fors

1. outside
2. apart from
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et je reconois et otroi
     Que nus n'i a coupes fors moi

     And I recognize and admit

     That nobody is responsible apart from me

Alternative forms

• foss

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

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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

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

Noun

fors m

1. torrent, stream
2. waterfall

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʂː/

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Noun

fors c

1. a rapid
2. a waterfall