fora
USFOR-uh/ˈfɔɹə/UKFAW-ruh/ˈfɔːɹə/
- 1Plural of forum.
Roman cities often featured several fora for trade and public business.
Researchers presented their findings at international fora throughout the year.
Note
A Latin plural that lives alongside the everyday English forums and means the same thing. It turns up in formal and classical writing. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1945 (2010) speaks of work done "in other fora". It is especially at home with the public squares of Roman towns. Outside those settings, forums is the usual choice.
fora is a form of forum
forum, noun: An online message board where users post messages on one or more topics and reply to one another. Full entry
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- forum → fora: irregular plural (no -s)
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