forum
Syllables: fo·rum/ˈfɔːɹəm/US/ˈfɔɹəm/
forum noun: a place for discussion.
Noun
- A place for discussion.
- A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium.
- A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
- An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
- Trish was an admin on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
- A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.
forum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
forum in Hindi
- Internet message board
- फ़ोरम foram
forum in Tamil
- மன்றம்
forum in Marathi
- फोरम
forum in Urdu
- فورم
More languagesFewer languages
- forum in Bengali
- বিচারালয়, সম্মেলনস্থান, আদালতসমূহ, ধর্মাধিকরণ
- forum in Telugu
- ఫోరమ్, ఫోరం
- forum in Malayalam
- വേദി, ചർച്ചാവേദി, പൊതുവേദി, യോഗം
- forum in Kannada
- ಮಾತುಕತೆಯೆಡೆ, ಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಜಗಲಿ
- forum in Punjabi
- ਫੋਰਮ
- forum in Gujarati
- ફોરમ
- forum in Odia
- ଫୋରମ୍, ଫୋରମ
- forum in Nepali
- फोरम, फोरम्
- forum in Tagalog
- pagtitipon
- forum in Arabic
- مُنْتَدَى muntadā
- forum in Vietnamese
- diễn đàn, hội thảo, chợ
Examples of forum in a sentence
- Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.
- The metalworking forum is not the venue for this discussion about politics.
- We need more users to volunteer to moderate the comment section of our forum.
Forms of forum
| plural | forums |
|---|---|
| plural | fora |
| alternative form | 4m |
| alternative form | 4rum |
Origin of forum
From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero and door.
Words formed from forum
Phrases with forum
Words that rhyme with forum
Questions about forum
- What does forum mean?
- Forum means a place for discussion.
- What is forum in Hindi?
- Forum in Hindi is फ़ोरम (foram). See Forum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is forum?
- Forum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce forum?
- Forum is pronounced /ˈfɔːɹəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of forum?
- The plural of forum is forums.
Words near forum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forum (page history and authors); forum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forum (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forum (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); forum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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