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fort

See also: Fort, fört, fòrt, fořt, for't, and fort-

EnglishEdit

 Fort (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.
  4. A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
    Synonym: den
    The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.

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  • Sranan Tongo: foto

TranslationsEdit

any permanent army post
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VerbEdit

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.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

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AdjectiveEdit

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

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

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AdverbEdit

fort

  1. strongly

NounEdit

fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)

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

InterjectionEdit

fort

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

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)

  1. fort

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

  1. castle
  2. fort

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

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AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. strong; powerful
    Arnie est fort. ― Arnie is strong.
    hommes forts ― strong men
  2. (transitive with en) (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects)
    Je suis fort en anglais ― I am good at English
  3. (transitive with de) who can count on
    fort d'une solide expérience ― based on solid experience

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AdverbEdit

fort

  1. strongly
  2. much, a lot
    • 2001, Le Funambule, →ISBN, page 141:
      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 certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier)
    Je lui parle fort souvent. ― I speak with her very often.

Usage notesEdit

  • As an intensifying adverb in the sense of very, fort is synonymous but not always interchangeable with très and the similarly limited bien.

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NounEdit

fort m (plural forts)

  1. a fort

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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AdverbEdit

fort

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

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Further readingEdit

  • “fort” in Duden online
  • “fort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

LombardEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Italian forte and French fort, from Latin fortis.

AdjectiveEdit

fort

  1. strong

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French fort.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. strong

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

fort m

  1. strong

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NounEdit

fort m (plural forts)

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

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Low German vort.

AdverbEdit

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

  1. fast, quick (adverb), quickly

Etymology 2Edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From French fort.

NounEdit

fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort or forter, definite plural forta or fortene)

  1. (military) a fort

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Low German vort.

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AdjectiveEdit

fort (indefinite singular fort, definite singular and plural forte, comparative fortare, indefinite superlative fortast, definite superlative fortaste)

  1. quick
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AdverbEdit

fort

  1. quickly
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Etymology 2Edit

From French fort.

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NounEdit

fort n (definite singular fortet, indefinite plural fort, definite plural forta)

  1. fortress
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Old DutchEdit

AdverbEdit

fort

  1. away

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fortis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fort
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject forz fort (later forte) fort
Oblique fort fort (later forte) fort
Plural Subject fort forz (later fortes) fort
Oblique forz forz (later fortes) fort

AdverbEdit

fort

  1. strongly

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Old IrishEdit

PronounEdit

fort

  1. second-person singular of for
    on you

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PolishEdit

 
fort

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin fortis.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fort m inan

  1. fortress (fortified place)
    Synonyms: barbakan, koszary, twierdza

DeclensionEdit

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

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Further readingEdit

  • fort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French fort.

NounEdit

fort n (plural forturi)

  1. fort, fortification

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fort
singular plural
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

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

fort (comparative fortare, superlative fortast)

  1. quickly/quick, fast
    Synonym: snabbt
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Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fort n

  1. a fort
Usage notesEdit
  • 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.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of fort 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fort fortet fort forten
Genitive forts fortets forts fortens
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