fors

See also: förs

English

Noun

fors pl (plural only)

Only used in fors and againsts

Catalan

Noun

fors

plural of for

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective

fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

stout, large
substantial, considerable

Inflection

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

fors

strongly

French

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

fors

plural of for

Preposition

fors

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

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fors/, [fɔrs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fors/, [fɔrs]

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

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

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Adverb

fors (not comparable)

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^[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

Alternative forms

hors

Etymology

From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

Preposition

fors

apart from

Old French

Etymology

From Latin foris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾs/

Adverb

fors

outside

Preposition

fors

outside
apart from
- c. 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

Related terms

Descendants

Middle French: fors
- French: hors (or from defors)

Old Norse

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)

a waterfall

Declension

Declension of fors (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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

Icelandic: fors, foss
- → English: foss
Faroese: fossur
Norn: fors
Norwegian: foss, fors
- → Danish: fos, >? fors
  - Norwegian Bokmål: foss
Old Swedish: fors
- Swedish: fors
Middle Danish: fors
- >? Danish: fors (influenced by Norwegian)
→ Middle English: fors, force
- English: force (in the sense of a waterfall) (Northern England)
→ Middle Low German: vorsch

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^[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

Alternative forms

ᚠᚮᚱᛋ

Etymology

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

Noun

fors m

torrent, stream
waterfall

Declension

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Declension of fors (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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

Swedish: fors

Portuguese

Noun

fors

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

a rapid, whitewater
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

Related terms

forsa

Walloon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔʀ/

Noun

fors

plural of for

fors

English

Noun

Catalan

Noun

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Adverb

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Preposition

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adverb

References

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Preposition

Old French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Preposition

Related terms

Descendants

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Descendants

References

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun

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