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φορά

φορά

See also: φόρα

Ancient Greek

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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

φορά (forá) f (plural φορές)

  1. time (instance or occurrence)
    την πρώτη φοράtin próti forá ― the first time
  2. (mathematics) times
    πέντε φορέςpénte forés ― five times
  3. speed, impetus

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