foram
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English
Etymology
Shortening of foraminifer.
Noun
foram (plural forams)
- A foraminifer.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 291:
- Some forams allow single-celled algae to lodge on the surface of their bodies, rather as tropical coral do.
Galician
Verb
foram
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ser
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ir
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fo‧ram
Verb
foram
- third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ir
- third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ser
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
foram