fortis

English

Etymology

From Latin fortis (“strong”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fôr'tĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹtɪs/

Adjective

fortis (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Old Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬝 (bərəzaṇt̰), Sanskrit बर्हयति (barhayati, “to invigorate”) and Old English burg (English borough).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.tis/

• Audio (Classical)

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Adjective

fortis m, f (neuter forte); third declension

1. strong, physically powerful
2. (figuratively) courageous, brave, steadfast

Declension

Third declension, neuter nominative singular in -e.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	fortis	forte		fortēs	fortia
genitive	fortis	fortis		fortium	fortium
dative	fortī	fortī		fortibus	fortibus
accusative	fortem	forte		fortēs	fortia
ablative	fortī	fortī		fortibus	fortibus
vocative	fortis	forte		fortēs	fortia

• comparative: fortior, superlative: fortissimus

Derived terms

• forticulus
• fortificātiō
• fortificō
• fortiter
• fortitūdō
• ā fortiōrī

Descendants

• Aragonese: fuerte
• Asturian: fuerte
• Catalan: fort
• Dalmatian: fuart
• English: fort, forte
• French: fort
• Friulian: fuart

• Galician: forte
• Italian: forte
• Occitan: fòrt
• Portuguese: forte
• Romanian: foarte
• Sardinian: folte, forte, forti
• Spanish: fuerte

Etymology 2

From fōrs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.tis/

Noun

fōrtis

1. genitive singular of fōrs

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Old Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Adjective

fortis

1. strong

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Latin: fortis