fort

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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)

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• frot

Etymology

From Latin fortis (“strong”).

Adjective

fort (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)

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.

Noun

fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)

1. fort

References

• “fort” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

1. castle
2. fort

Anagrams

• trof

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ/

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Adjective

fort (feminine singular 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

Adverb

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)

Noun

fort m (plural forts)

1. A fort

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɔɐ̯t]

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Adverb

fort

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

Further reading

• fort in Duden online

Adjective

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

1. strong

Etymology

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

Adjective

fort m

1. strong

Noun

fort m (plural forts)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʈ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort

Etymology 2

From French fort

References

• “fort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort.

Etymology 2

From French fort.

References

• “fort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin fortis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Adjective

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.

Adverb

fort

1. strongly

Pronoun

fort

1. 2nd person singular of for

   on you

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrt/

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Noun

fort m inan

1. fortress (fortified place)

Etymology 1

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").

Etymology 2

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