English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.
Pronunciation[edit]
fort (plural forts)
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- Any permanent army post.
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(historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
- A structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.
- Synonym: den
- The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.
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(fortified defensive structure): bastion, bulwark, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fortification, fortress, foxhole, keep, motte and bailey, rampart, stronghold
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(permanent army post): air base, armory, arsenal, base, camp, headquarters, supply depot, watchtower
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Translations[edit]
fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
- Arabic: قَلْعَة f (qalʿa), حِصْن (ar) m (ḥiṣn)
- Avar: хъала (q̄ala)
- Belarusian: форт m (fort)
- Bulgarian: форт (bg) m (fort)
- Catalan: fort (ca) m
- Chechen: гӏала (ġala)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 要塞 (zh) (yàosài), 碉堡 (zh) (diāobǎo), 城堡 (zh) (chéngbǎo), 堡壘 (zh), 堡垒 (zh) (bǎolěi), 炮臺 (zh), 炮台 (zh) (pàotái)
- Czech: pevnost (cs) f
- Danish: fort (da) n
- Dutch: fort (nl) n, vesting (nl) f
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: linnake (fi), linnoitus (fi)
- French: fort (fr) m
- Galician: forte (gl) m
- Georgian: ციხესიმაგრე (cixesimagre)
- German: Festung (de) f, Fort (de) n
- Greek:
- Ancient: φρούριον n (phroúrion), ὀχύρωμα n (okhúrōma)
- Hindi: क़िला m (qilā), कोट (hi) m (koṭ)
- Hungarian: erőd (hu)
- Icelandic: virki n, vígi n
- Indonesian: benteng (id)
- Irish: dún m, daingean m
- Italian: forte (it) m, fortezza (it) f, fortilizio (it) m, fortino (it) m, bicocca (it) f, piazzaforte (it) f, ridotta (it) f
- Japanese: 要塞 (ja) (ようさい, yōsai)
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fort (third-person singular simple present forts, present participle forting, simple past and past participle forted)
- To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
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Etymology[edit]
From Old Occitan fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
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Adjective[edit]
fort (feminine forta, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)
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strong (forceful, powerful)
- Antonyms: feble, dèbil
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strong (durable, resistant)
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strong (potent, having a high degree of intensity)
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fort
- strongly
fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)
- A strong person.
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strength (the strongest part of something)
- A fort or other defensive construction.
Interjection[edit]
fort
- Expressing approval of a punishment or misfortune suffered by another.
Further reading[edit]
fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)
- fort
References[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)
- castle
- fort
Descendants[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fort (feminine singular forte, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)
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strong; powerful
Arnie est fort. ― Arnie is strong.
hommes forts ― strong men
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(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
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(transitive with de) who can count on
fort d'une solide expérience ― based on solid experience
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fort
- strongly
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much, a lot
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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.
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(when preceding an adjective) very (the adjective)
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fort m (plural forts)
- A fort
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German vort, Old High German forth, Proto-Germanic *furþą, compare English forth, Dutch voort.
Pronunciation[edit]
fort
- away
- gone
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going on, continuing
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Lombard[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to Italian forte and French fort, from Latin fortis.
Adjective[edit]
fort
- strong
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French fort.
Adjective[edit]
fort m (feminine singular forte, masculine plural fors, feminine plural fortes)
- strong
Descendants[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.
Adjective[edit]
fort m
- strong
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fort m (plural forts)
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(Jersey, Guernsey, military, etc.) fort
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German vort
fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)
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fast, quick (adverb), quickly
Etymology 2[edit]
From French fort
fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort or forter, definite plural forta or fortene)
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(military) a fort
References[edit]
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“fort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German vort.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fort (indefinite singular fort, definite singular and plural forte, comparative fortare, indefinite superlative fortast, definite superlative fortaste)
- quick
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fort
- quickly
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Etymology 2[edit]
From French fort.
Pronunciation[edit]
fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort, definite plural forta)
- fortress
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“fort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch[edit]
fort
- away
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Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fortis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fort or forte)
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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.
Declension[edit]
fort
- strongly
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Old Irish[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
fort
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second-person singular of for
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on you
Descendants[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin fortis.
Pronunciation[edit]
fort m inan
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fortress (fortified place)
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French fort.
fort n (plural forturi)
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fort, fortification
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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").
Pronunciation[edit]
fort
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quickly/quick, fast
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Etymology 2[edit]
Attested since 1651 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok. From French fort.
Pronunciation[edit]
fort n
- a fort
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
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