fort
English
Etymology
From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.
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/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
- Homophones: forte (one pronunciation); fought (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Noun
fort (plural forts)
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- Any permanent army post.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- Synonym: den
- The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.
Synonyms
- (fortified defensive structure): bastion, bulwark, bunker, castle, citadel, donjon, fortification, fortress, foxhole, keep, motte and bailey, rampart, stronghold
- (permanent army post): air base, armory, arsenal, base, camp, headquarters, supply depot, watchtower
Derived terms
- climbing fort
- fairy fort
- Fort Augustus
- Fort Bend County
- Fort Benton
- Fort Collins
- Fort Davis
- Fort Dodge
- Fort Edward
- Fort Erie
- Fort Gaines
- Fort Gay
- Fort George
- Fort Gratiot
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Lee
- Fort Madison
- Fort Matilda
- Fort Morgan
- Fort Payne
- Fort Pierce
- Fort Pierre
- Fort Scott
- Fort Smith
- Fort Stockton
- Fort Sumner
- Fort Valley
- Fort Victoria
- Fort Wayne
- Fort William
- Fort Worth
- forty
- Fort Yates
- hill-fort
- hold down the fort
- man the fort
- Navan Fort
- pillow fort
- polygonal fort
- snow fort
- star fort
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
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Verb
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.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fort (feminine forta, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)
- strong (forceful, powerful)
- strong (durable, resistant)
- strong (potent, having a high degree of intensity)
Derived terms
Related terms
Adverb
fort
Noun
fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)
Interjection
fort
- expresses approval of a punishment or misfortune suffered by another
Further reading
- “fort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fort”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fort” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Noun
fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)
References
- “fort” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)
Descendants
- Negerhollands: fort
- Skepi Creole Dutch: fort
- → Kwinti: foto
- → Papiamentu: fòrti, forti
- → Sranan Tongo: foto
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fort, from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fort (feminine forte, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)
- strong; powerful
- Arnie est fort. ― Arnie is strong.
- hommes forts ― strong men
- (intransitive) (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) [with en]
- Je suis fort en anglais ― I am good at English
- who can count on [with de]
- fort d’une solide expérience ― based on solid experience
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- à plus forte raison
- au prix fort
- c’est plus fort que moi
- employer la manière forte
- esprit fort
- faire fort
- fort comme un bœuf
- fort comme un Turc
- fort de café
- haut et fort
- interaction forte
- interaction nucléaire forte
- la plume est plus forte que l’épée
- la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure
- loi du plus fort
- main-forte
- payer le prix fort
- place forte
- point fort
- sensation forte
Adverb
fort
- strongly
- much, a lot
- (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier)
- Je lui parle fort souvent. ― I speak with her very often.
Usage notes
- As an intensifying adverb in the sense of very, fort is synonymous but not always interchangeable with très and the similarly limited bien.
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
fort m (plural forts)
- a fort
Related terms
Further reading
- “fort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vort, Old High German forth, Proto-Germanic *furþą, compare English forth, Dutch voort.
Pronunciation
Adverb
fort
Derived terms
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Further reading
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian forte and French fort, from Latin fortis.
Adjective
fort
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fort.
Adjective
fort m (feminine singular forte, masculine plural fors, feminine plural fortes)
Descendants
Norman
Etymology
From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.
Adjective
fort m
Derived terms
- fortement (“strongly”)
Noun
fort m (plural forts)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German vort.
Adverb
fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)
Etymology 2
Noun
fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort or forter, definite plural forta or fortene)
References
- “fort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German vort.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fort (indefinite singular fort, definite singular and plural forte, comparative fortare, indefinite superlative fortast, definite superlative fortaste)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Adverb
fort
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort, definite plural forta)
Derived terms
References
- “fort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Adverb
fort
- away
References
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
fort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fort or forte)
- strong
- late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 354, 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.
- The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
Declension
Adverb
fort
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Descendants
Old Irish
Pronoun
fort
Descendants
Polish
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fort m inan
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- fort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
fort n (plural forturi)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) fort | fortul | (niște) forturi | forturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) fort | fortului | (unor) forturi | forturilor |
vocative | fortule | forturilor |
Swedish
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”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
fort (comparative fortare, superlative fortast)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Attested since 1651 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok. From French fort.
Pronunciation
Noun
fort n
- a fort
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.
Declension
Declension of fort | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fort | fortet | fort | forten |
Genitive | forts | fortets | forts | fortens |
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References
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