forum
French, noun/fɔ.ʁɔm/
forum is spelled F-O-R-U-M (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forum is a French masculine noun meaning “forum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où se discutent les affaires publiques”.
What does forum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforum
- 2
masculineInternet forum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Place publique où les citoyens romains se réunissaient pour marchander, traiter d’affaires politiques ou économiques. 2. Lieu où se discutent les affaires publiques. 3. Service permettant discussions et échanges sur un thème donné où chaque utilisateur peut lire à tout moment les interventions de tous les autres et apporter sa propre contribution sous forme d’articles. 4. Service permettant discussions et échanges sur un thème donné.
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.
Forms of forum
- forums plural
- fora singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forum?
- /fɔ.ʁɔm/
- \fɔ.ʁɔm\
- [fɔ.ʁɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forum in French?
forum appears 25 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).