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forro.

lining

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfo.ʁu/Brazil[ˈfo.hu]Brazil/ˈfo.ʁu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈfo.χu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. lining

    masculine
  2. drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)

    masculine
  3. an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French feurre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

adj/ˈfo.ʁu/Brazil[ˈfo.hu]Brazil/ˈfo.ʁu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈfo.χu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. free; freed

  2. enfranchised; emancipated

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”). Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

noun/ˈfo.ʁu/Brazil[ˈfo.hu]Brazil/ˈfo.ʁu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈfo.χu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”). Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

verb/ˈfɔ.ʁu/Brazil[ˈfɔ.hu]Brazil/ˈfɔ.ʁu/Rio-de-Janeiro[ˈfɔ.χu]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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