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fornent

fornent is the alternative form of forenenst.

Meaning of forenenst

Preposition

forenenst

  1. (dialectal) Over against; opposite to.
    • The land forenenst the Greekish shore.1600, Edward Fairfax, transl., Jerusalem Delivered

Forms of fornent

alternative formfornint

Questions about fornent

What is fornent the alternative form of?
Fornent is the alternative form of forenenst.

Words near fornent in the dictionary

  1. Fornax
  2. forncast
  3. Forncett
  4. forne
  5. fornenst
  6. fornent
  7. Forner
  8. Forners
  9. Fornes
  10. Forneses
  11. Forney

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fornent (page history and authors); forenenst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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