φορά

See also: φόρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, to bring, bear, carry) + ().

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φορά • (phorá) f (genitive φορᾶς); first declension

  1. an act
  2. (from the active voice)
    1. carrying
      1. gestation
    2. bringing in of money, payment
    3. bringing forth, productiveness
  3. (from the passive voice)
    1. being borne or carried along, motion
    2. rapid motion, rush
    3. (of persons) impulse; tendency; line of thought or action
    4. time, occasion
  4. (as a thing) that which is borne
    1. load, freight, burden
    2. rent, tribute
    3. that which is brought forth, fruit, produce, crop

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: φορά (forá)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φορά (phorá).

Noun

φορά • (forá) f (plural φορές)

  1. time (instance or occurrence)
    την πρώτη φοράtin próti foráthe first time
  2. (mathematics) times
    πέντε φορέςpénte forésfive times
  3. speed, impetus

Declension

See also

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