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

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.
  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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Translations

any permanent army post
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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.

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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)

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

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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. expresses approval of a punishment or misfortune suffered by another

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Danish

Noun

fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)

  1. fort

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

  1. castle
  2. fort

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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)

  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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Adverb

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 notes

  • 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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Noun

fort m (plural forts)

  1. a fort

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

fort

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

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Further reading

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

Lombard

Etymology

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

Adjective

fort

  1. strong

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fort.

Adjective

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

  1. strong

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Norman

Etymology

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

Adjective

fort m

  1. strong

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Noun

fort m (plural forts)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort.

Adverb

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

  1. fast, quick (adverb), quickly

Etymology 2

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

From French fort.

Noun

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

  1. (military) a fort

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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)

  1. quick
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Adverb

fort

  1. quickly
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Etymology 2

From French fort.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. fortress
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Old Dutch

Adverb

fort

  1. away

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fort or forte)

  1. 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.

Declension

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

Adverb

fort

  1. strongly

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Old Irish

Pronoun

fort

  1. second-person singular of for
    on you

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Polish

fort

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

Noun

fort m inan

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

Declension

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 reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fort.

Noun

fort n (plural forturi)

  1. fort, fortification

Declension

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

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)

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

fort n

  1. 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 
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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