forces

See also: forcés

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.sɪz/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfo(ː)ɹ.sɪz/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfoə.sɪz/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪz, (rhotic, without the horse-hoarse merger) -oːɹsɪz, (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oəsɪz

Noun

forces

1. plural of force

Noun

forces

1. (military, only plural) Troops.
2. (music, chiefly plural) The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production.

Derived terms

• armed forces
• ground forces
• Israel Defence Forces
• Israel Destruction Forces
• Israeli Destruction Forces
• Israeli Diaper Forces
• Israel Occupation Forces
• join forces
• packaged forces
• parallelogram of forces
• polygon of forces
• productive forces
• security forces
• special forces

 

Translations

troops

• Armenian: զորք (hy) (zorkʻ)
• German: Kräfte (de) pl or f, Streitkräfte (de) pl or f, Truppen (de) pl or f, Truppe (de) f
• Irish: fórsaí m pl

Verb

forces

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of force

Anagrams

• Cofers, corfes, fresco

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔr.səs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfɔɾ.ses]

Etymology 1

Noun

forces

1. plural of força

Etymology 2

Verb

forces

1. second-person singular present indicative of forçar

Anagrams

• cofres, corfes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁs
• Homophones: force, forcent

Noun

forces f

1. plural of force

Verb

forces

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of forcer

Galician

Verb

forces

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of forzar
2. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present subjunctive of forçar

Portuguese

Verb

forces

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of forçar