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Italian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ri/
- Rhymes: -ɔri
- Hyphenation: fò‧ri
Noun
fori m
- plural of foro (“forum, law court”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ri/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ri/
- Rhymes: -ɔri, (traditional) -ori
- Hyphenation: fò‧ri, (traditional) fó‧ri
Noun
fori m
- plural of foro (“hole”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ri/, (traditional) /ˈfo.ri/
- Rhymes: -ɔri, (traditional) -ori
- Hyphenation: fò‧ri, (traditional) fó‧ri
Verb
fori
- inflection of forare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
See forum.
Noun
forī
- genitive singular of forum
Etymology 2
See foris.
Noun
forī
- dative singular of foris
Etymology 3
See forus.
Noun
forī
- inflection of forus:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative plural
References
- “fori”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fori in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fori”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fori”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin foris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔri/,
- Hyphenation: fò‧ri
Adverb
fori
- outside
- outdoors
Antonyms