fort

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French fort (adjective use is of Old French).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)t/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

Noun

fort (plural forts)

1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
2. Any permanent army post

Related terms

• fortress
• fortification
• hold the fort

Translations

fortified defensive structure stationed with troops

• Arabic: قلعة (ar) (qál3a) f, حصن (ar) (HiSn) m
• Catalan: fort (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要塞 (cmn) (yàosài), 碉堡 (cmn) (diāobǎo), 城堡 (cmn) (chéngbǎo), 堡壘 (cmn), 堡垒 (cmn) (bǎolěi)

• Czech: pevnost (cs) f
• Finnish: linnake (fi), linnoitus (fi)
• French: fort (fr) m
• German: Festung (de) f, Fort (de) n
• Guernésiais: fort m
• Hindi: किला (hi) (kila) m pl
• Hungarian: erőd (hu)
• Icelandic: virki (is) n, vígi (is) n
• Indonesian: benteng (id)
• Irish: dún (ga) m, daingean (ga) m

• Jèrriais: fort m
• Khmer: បន្ទាយ (km) (banteay)
• Old English: fæsten (ang)
• Persian: دژ (fa) (dej)
• Polish: fort (pl) m
• Portuguese: forte (pt)
• Russian: форт (ru) (fort) m
• Scottish Gaelic: daingneach (gd) f
• Slovak: pevnosť (sk) f
• Spanish: fuerte (es) m, fortaleza (es) f
• Telugu: కోట (te) (kOTa)
• Turkish: kale (tr), korugan (tr)
• Vietnamese: pháo đài (vi)
• Welsh: amddiffynfa (cy) f

any permanent army post

• Finnish: tukikohta (fi)
• Hungarian: erőd (hu)

• Polish: fort (pl) m

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• Serbo-Croatian: utvrđenje n, tvrđava f

• Spanish: fuerte m

Anagrams

• frot

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fortis (“strong”).

Adjective

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

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

Related terms

• força
• forçar

Adverb

fort

1. strongly

Noun

fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)

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

Interjection

fort

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje)

1. castle

Anagrams

• trof

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French

Etymology

From Latin fortis, "strong". Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔʁ/, X-SAMPA: /fOR/

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Adjective

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

1. strong; powerful

   Arnie est fort. - "Arnie is strong."

   hommes forts - "strong men"

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

   Je suis fort en anglais - "I am good at English"

Synonyms

• ferme, grand, gros, robuste

Antonyms

• faible

Adverb

fort

1. strongly
2. much, a lot
3. (when preceding an adjective) very the adjective}}

Related terms

• fortement
• fortifier

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fɔɐ̯t]

Adverb

fort

1. away
2. going on, continuing

Derived terms

• fortkommen

Related terms

• Fortschritt

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Guernésiais

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. strong

Noun

fort m (plural forts)

1. (military) fort

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Jèrriais

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. strong

Noun

fort m (plural forts)

1. (military) fort

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Old French

Etymology

Latin fortis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Adjective

fort m, f

1. strong

Adverb

fort

1. strongly

Related terms

• force
• fortement
• forteresce

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Old Irish

Pronoun

fort

1. 2nd person singular of for

   on us

Descendants

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

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Polish

fort

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fort m

1. fortress (fortified place)

Declension

    declension of fort

	singular	plural
nominative	fort	forty
genitive	fortu	fortów
dative	fortowi	fortom
accusative	fort	forty
instrumental	fortem	fortami
locative	forcie	fortach
vocative	forcie	forty

Synonyms

• barbakan
• koszary
• twierdza

Related terms

• fortyfikacja

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Attested since 1609 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok, from Low German fort ("away; further; forward"). Related to för ("fore"), före, ("before") and forsla ("transport; carry; haul").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʊrt/

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Adverb

fort

1. quickly/quick, fast

See also

• fart
• fort-
• forta
• fortkörning
• snabbt

Etymology 2

Attested since 1651 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok'. From the French fort with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔrt/

Noun

fort n

1. a fort

Declension

Declension of fort

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fort	fortet	fort	forten
genitive	forts	fortets	forts	fortens

Usage notes

• 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.

Related terms

• fortifiera
• fortifikation