Definition
Dialect form of 'forward'; used in British regional speech to mean toward the front or in a forward direction.
Etymology
From Old English 'forward' with dialectal contraction and reanalysis. This form is particularly common in Northern English and Scots dialects, where it survives as a natural variant.
Kelly Says
Sailors and rural workers preserved 'forrad' in their speech because they used it constantly—maritime and agricultural communities maintained old language forms because their work depended on practical, unchanging terminology.
Translations
ARالعربية
إلى الأمام
ee-la al-a-maam
CACatalà
endavant
en-da-van
CSČeština
vpravo
v-prah-vo
DEDeutsch
vorwärts
vor-vart-s
ELΕλληνικά
μπροστά
mpros-ta
ESEspañol
adelante
ah-deh-lan-teh
FISuomi
eteenpäin
ee-teen-pa-in
FRFrançais
en avant
ahn ah-van
IDBahasa Indonesia
ke depan
keh deh-pan
ITItaliano
avanti
ah-van-tee
MSBahasa Melayu
ke hadapan
keh ha-da-jaan
NLNederlands
vooruit
vo-r-uit
NONorsk
fremover
freh-mo-ver
PLPolski
do przodu
doh preh-doo
PTPortuguês
para frente
pa-ra frehn-teh
RORomână
înainte
ee-n-ayn-teh
RUРусский
вперед
v-per-ed
SWKiswahili
mbele
m-be-leh
TLTL
pamamagitan
pah-mah-ta-ra-wan
TRTürkçe
ileri
ee-lee-ree
UKУкраїнська
вперед
v-per-ed
VITiếng Việt
tiến về phía trước
tee-en ve phia truoc