# forca
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoɾka/ [ˈfoɾ.ka]
* Rhymes: -oɾka
* Hyphenation: for‧ca

### Noun

forca f (plural forques)
* forked pole
    Synonym: forcáu
* pitchfork
    Synonyms: forqueta, forcada, forcáu
* gallows

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfor.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfoɾ.ka]
* Rhymes: -oɾka
* Hyphenation: for‧ca

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin furca (compare Occitan forca, French fourche, Spanish horca).

#### Noun

forca f (plural forques)
* fork, pitchfork (for gardening)
* gallows

##### Derived terms

* a la quinta forca
* forcadura
* forcall
* forcar
* forcó
* forqueta
* forquilla

#### References

* “forca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “forca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “forca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “forca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

forca
* inflection of forcar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* furca

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese forca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin furca (“pitchfork”). Cognate with Portuguese forca and Spanish horca).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔɾka/ [ˈfɔɾ.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɾka
* Hyphenation: for‧ca

### Noun

forca f (plural forcas)
* pole
** 1339, M. Mar Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 127:que a deuedes dar chantada de vina et ben fercada et [. . ] con forcas et linoos ao pelongo et latas ao trauesyou should plant vines and have it correctly kept [...] with gallows and strings all along, and beams crosswise
* gallows pole
* pitchfork
    Synonym: forcada
* defile, ravine

#### Derived terms

* enforcar

#### Related terms

* Confurco
* Forca
* forcada
* Forcadas
* Forcadela
* Forcadenla
* forcado
* forqueta
* furco
* Furco

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “forca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin furca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfor.ka/
* Rhymes: -orka
* Hyphenation: fór‧ca

### Noun

forca f (plural forche)
* fork (instrument used in agriculture and gardening)
* pitchfork
* gallows, hanging tree

#### Derived terms

* biforcare (see there for further derivations)
* forcata
* forchetta (see there for further derivations)
* forchetto
* forcina
* forcino
* forcola
* forcone
* inforcare
* pendaglio da forca
* scampaforca

#### Related terms

* forcella

### Anagrams

* cafro

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin furca.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈforkə]
* (Castelmezzano) IPA: [ˈfurkə]

### Noun

forca f (plural forche)
* fork

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *furkō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfor.kɑ/, [ˈforˠ.kɑ]

### Noun

forca m
* fork

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Related terms

* forcel

#### Descendants

* Middle English: forke
** English: fork

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forca”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese forca, from Latin furca.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfoʁ.kɐ/ [ˈfoh.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfoʁ.kɐ/ [ˈfoh.kɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈfoɾ.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfoʁ.kɐ/ [ˈfoχ.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfoɻ.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfoɾ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -oʁkɐ, -oɾkɐ
* Hyphenation: for‧ca

#### Noun

forca f (plural forcas)
* gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
* (games) hangman
    Synonym: jogo da forca

##### Derived terms

* enforcar
* forcado
* forquear
* jogo da forca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.kɐ/ [ˈfɔh.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.kɐ/ [ˈfɔh.kɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.kɐ/ [ˈfɔχ.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔɻ.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔʁkɐ, -ɔɾkɐ
* Hyphenation: for‧ca

#### Verb

forca
* inflection of forcar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “forca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “forca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “forca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “forca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English forca (“forked instrument used to torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (“fork”), from Latin furca (“pitchfork”). Doublet of forc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔrˠxkə/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

forca f (genitive singular fuirce, plural forcan)
* fork
    Synonyms: greimire, forc

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forza, from Late Latin fortia, ultimately from Latin fortis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fôːrt͡sa/
* Hyphenation: for‧ca

### Noun

fȏrca f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рца)
* (regional) force
    Synonym: sila
* (regional) strength
    Synonym: snaga