fort

Borrowed from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɔɹt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔːt/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(ː)ɹt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /foət/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
• Homophone: forte (one pronunciation); fought (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

fort (plural forts)

1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
2. Any permanent army post.
3. (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

• (fortified defensive structure): bastion, bulwark, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fortification, fortress, foxhole, keep, motte and bailey, rampart, stronghold
• (permanent army post): air base, armory, arsenal, base, camp, headquarters, supply depot, watchtower

• fortress
• fortification
• hold the fort

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fort (third-person singular simple present forts, present participle forting, simple past and past participle forted)

1. To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

• frot

From Old Occitan fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrt/

fort (feminine forta, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)

1. strong (forceful, powerful)

   Antonyms: feble, dèbil

2. strong (durable, resistant)
3. strong (potent, having a high degree of intensity)

• enfortir
• fortament
• fortesa

• força
• forçar
• fortalesa

fort

1. strongly

fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)

1. A strong person.
2. strength (the strongest part of something)
3. A fort or other defensive construction.

fort

1. Expressing approval of a punishment or misfortune suffered by another.

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

fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)

1. fort

• “fort” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

1. castle
2. fort

• trof

From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

fort (feminine singular forte, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)

1. strong; powerful

   Arnie est fort. ― Arnie is strong.

   hommes forts ― strong men

2. (transitive with en) (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects)

   Je suis fort en anglais ― I am good at English

3. (transitive with de) who can count on

   fort d'une solide expérience ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• ferme
• grand
• gros
• robuste

• faible

fort

1. strongly
2. much, a lot
   • 2001, Le Funambule, page 141, →ISBN

     Alors on ferme les yeux, on a fort envie de quelque chose et on se l'offre.

     So we close our eyes, we really fancy something and we're going to take it.

3. (when preceding an adjective) very (the adjective)

• fortement
• fortifier

fort m (plural forts)

1. A fort

• forteresse
• fortification

• “fort” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Middle High German vort, Old High German forth, Proto-Germanic *furþa-, compare English forth, Dutch voort.

• IPA^(key): [fɔɐ̯t]

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fort

1. away
2. gone
3. going on, continuing

• fortkommen
• in einem fort
• usf.

• Fortschritt

• fort in Duden online

From Old French fort.

fort m (feminine singular forte, masculine plural fors, feminine plural fortes)

1. strong

• English: fort (borrowed)
• French: fort

From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

fort m

1. strong

• fortement (“strongly”)

fort m (plural forts)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, military, etc.) fort

• IPA^(key): /fuʈ/

From Middle Low German vort

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

1. fast, quick (adverb), quickly

From French fort

fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort or forter, definite plural forta or fortene)

1. (military) a fort

• “fort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German vort.

• IPA^(key): /furt/ (example of pronunciation)

fort (indefinite singular fort, definite singular and plural forte, comparative fortare, indefinite superlative fortast, definite superlative fortaste)

1. quick

• snøgg

• treg
• sakte

fort

1. quickly

• snøgt

• tregt
• sakte

From French fort.

• IPA^(key): /fɔrt/ (example of pronunciation)

fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort, definite plural forta)

1. fortress

• kystfort

• “fort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin fortis.

• IPA^(key): /fɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

fort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fort or forte)

1. strong
   • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 354 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, lines 67-70:

     La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
     bone cum cele k'ert markande.
     De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
     en Engleterre curre devait.

     The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
     good like a merchant's ship
     loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
     ready to set sail to England.

fort

1. strongly

• force
• forment
• forteresce

• English: fort (borrowed)
• Middle French: fort
  • French: fort

fort

1. 2nd person singular of for

   on you

• Irish: ort
• Manx: ort
• Scottish Gaelic: ort

Ultimately from Latin fortis.

• IPA^(key): /fɔrt/

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fort m inan

1. fortress (fortified place)

• barbakan
• koszary
• twierdza

• fortyfikacja

Attested since 1609 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok, from Middle Low German fôrt (“away, further, forward”), which is used adverbially (forts) with the same meaning in Low German. Related to för ("fore"), före, ("before") and forsla ("transport; carry; haul").

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊʈ/

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fort

1. quickly/quick, fast

• fart
• fort-
• forta
• fortkörning
• snabbt

Attested since 1651 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok. From French fort.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʈ/

fort n

1. a fort

• Permanent (stone) fortifications in Europe are called fästning, while fort (and skans) is used for less permanent (earth and wood) structures and for forts in America.

• fortifiera
• fortifikation