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Meaning of "forbye" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORBYE

forbye  [fɔːˈbaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORBYE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forbye can act as an adverb and a preposition.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORBYE


aby
əˈbaɪ
abye
əˈbaɪ
blebby
ˈblɛbˈbaɪ
bye-bye
ˈbaɪˈbaɪ
Dubai
duːˈbaɪ
forby
fɔːˈbaɪ
goodbye
ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ
hereby
ˌhɪəˈbaɪ
inby
ɪnˈbaɪ
inbye
ɪnˈbaɪ
Mumbai
mʊmˈbaɪ
outby
ˌaʊtˈbaɪ
overbuy
ˌəʊvəˈbaɪ
owerby
ˌaʊəˈbaɪ
passers-by
ˌpɑːsəzˈbaɪ
prebuy
priːˈbaɪ
rebuy
riːˈbaɪ
thereby
ˌðɛəˈbaɪ
underbuy
ˌʌndəˈbaɪ
whereby
wɛəˈbaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORBYE

forbid
forbid the banns
forbiddal
forbiddance
forbidden
forbidden band
Forbidden City
forbidden fruit
forbidden transition
forbiddenly
forbidder
forbidding
forbiddingly
forbiddingness
forbode
forbore
forborne
forby
force
force a smile

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORBYE

an eye for an eye
bird´s-eye
by the bye
bye
Debye
dye
easy on the eye
eye
golden goodbye
hook and eye
in the public eye
leg bye
nye
rockabye
see eye to eye
Skye
turn a blind eye
upbye
ye
Zaporozhye

Synonyms and antonyms of forbye in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «forbye» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORBYE

Find out the translation of forbye to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forbye from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forbye» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

forbye
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

forbye
570 millions of speakers

English

forbye
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Forbye
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

forbye
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

forbye
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

forbye
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

forbye
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

forbye
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tolonglah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

forbye
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

forbye
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

forbye
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pamitan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

forbye
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

forbye
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फरडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

forbye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forbye
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

forbye
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

forbye
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

forbye
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Forbye
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

forbye
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

forbye
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbye
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forbye

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORBYE»

The term «forbye» is used very little and occupies the 192.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORBYE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forbye» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forbye» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forbye

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORBYE»

Discover the use of forbye in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forbye and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foughilotra; a Forbye Story
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William Robert MacDermott, 2010
2
Foughilotr: A Forbye Story
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
William Robert MacDermott, 2012
3
Boxford Churchwardens' Accounts, 1530-1561
(99) Payments Itm. payed to John hartwell for hys Fee for the yere past Itm. pd. to John hartwell for mendynge of the clocke three tymes for the yere past Itm. pd. to Won' (? one) of Colchester for mendynge of the clocke Itm. pd. to forbye for ...
Peter Northeast, 1982
4
A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
forbye fothrach it, and you went to straighten your back to ease the pain, he was on to you." forbye /far'bai/ prep., besides, in addition to: over and above < E dial. < ME forbi. 'She does all the house work and forbye some of the farm work as ...
Terence Patrick Dolan, 2006
5
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
III,113, 72:seeffend. forbye, forebye, I,402,1; II, 154,8, 9;IV, 224,17;433, 16: nearby. I, 86, 33; II,70, 22: apart, aside. IV, 203, 2: further. forbye, forebye, forby, I, 305,1; IV, 203, 2; V, 17, 32; 213 a, 1: besides. force, no,III,57, 13;67, 227: no matter.
Francis James Child, 2013
6
The King's Quair, a Poem ... With Explanatory Notes, ... by ...
XI. Bewailling in my chamber thus allone, Despeired of all joye and remedye, For -tirit of my tho', and wo-begone, And to the wyndow gan I walk in hye, vTo see the warld and folk y' went forbye ; As for the tyme, though I of' mirthis fude AlVIyt ...
7
The Prose Works: Containing Tales of my landlord, The Monastery
As it has been of ower mony brave men,” said Tibh ; “I wish there wasna sic a'bird as a goose in the wide warld, forbye the clocking that we hae at the burn-side.” 4 “ But tell me, 'I'ibb,” said Dame Glendinning, “what does your ieddy aye do ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1827
8
The Monastery
"As it has been of ower mony brave men," said Tibb; "I could wish there wasna sic a bird as a goose in the wide warld, forbye the decking that we hae at the burn- side." "But tell me, Tibb," said Dame Glendinning, "what does your leddy aye do ...
Sir Walter Scott, Penny Fielding, 2000
9
manual of modern scots
Forby, fartai, forbye, (1) = " in addition to," " besides " : " Forbye which it would appear that ye've been airing your opeenions in a Debating Society." R.L. Stevenson, WeirofH.,c.S. (2) = " let alone," " without the addition of" : " Ye might hae ...
10
Burns A-Z: The Complete Word Finder
FORBYE, FORBY ibesides, see also FOREBYl A' forbye my bonie sel, 571 Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump, 459 Forby turn-coats amang oursel: 92 Forbye sax mae l've sell't awa, 160 Forbye some new. uncommon weapons, 99 Forbye your  ...
‎1990

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORBYE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forbye is used in the context of the following news items.
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Left:Scotland - On the Scottish language with Katie Gallogly-Swan
... theirsels experts. An jist a wee pynt - leid means mair nor jist the tung itsel, but the culture linkit tae it forbye. June 15. Common Space. ABOUT · CONTACT. «CommonSpace, Jun 15»
2
SNP branch backs Sturgeon
Following Alex Salmond's comments regarding “other ways” of getting to independence (forbye the ballot box) and regarding Westminster's (for ... «Shetland Times Online, Sep 14»
3
For whom the bell tolls
... never have been got because there are strong currents down there, strong tides, in Morecambe Bay and forbye, the weather was flat calm.”. «Londonderry Today, May 14»
4
Useful Scots word: Forby and Ulster Scots
Forby has the alternative spelling forbye, which sometimes becomes forbyes, although this is now rather old-fashioned. As indicated above, the ... «The Caledonian Mercury, May 12»
5
The early years
I know he did a lot of wrong things to other people, forbye myself, but he carried out that promise to the letter. He flew me home every weekend.'. «Greenock Telegraph, Jun 09»

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