fors

Meaning

Noun

luck, chance

Adv

perhaps, perchance

Concepts

chance

🎲

perhaps

possibly

at a pinch

case

coincidence

conceivably

destiny

event

fortuity

haply

maybe

mayhap

peradventure

perchance

praps

ablings

mayhappen

ablins

accident

Synonyms

forsan

forte

forsitan

accidentia

fortasse

forsit

fortassis

probabilitas

fortūna

cāsus

opportūnitās

fortuna

fata

fatum

eventum

Translations

acaso

acaso

belki

quizás

atzar

🍀

toeval

ίσως

forse

peut-être

vielleicht

misschien

wellicht

potser

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfɔrs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), брать (bratʹ, “to take”), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root.