foire
See also: foiré
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fwaʁ/
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Etymology 1
From Old French foire from a Vulgar Latin *fēria from the classical Latin noun fēriae.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: fuar
Verb
foire
- inflection of foirer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “foire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *fēria, from the classical Latin plural noun fēriae.
Noun
foire f (oblique plural foires, nominative singular foire, nominative plural foires)
- celebration
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Quant la foire iert plainne au Lendi
- When the celebration was in full swing on Monday
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References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (foire, supplement)
Romanian
Declension
Declension of foire
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) foire | foirea | (niște) foiri | foirile |
genitive/dative | (unei) foiri | foirii | (unor) foiri | foirilor |
vocative | foire, foireo | foirilor |
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