fors
French, preposition/fɔʁ/
fors is a French preposition meaning “except, save” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of for. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Excepté, hormis”.
What does fors mean in English?
preposition
- 1
obsoleteexcept, save
Tout est perdu fors l'honneur.
noun
- 1
plural of for
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. Excepté, hormis.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce fors?
- /fɔʁ/
- \fɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fors in French?
fors appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).