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

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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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Descendants

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  • Sranan Tongo: foto

Translations

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any permanent army post
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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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

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fort

  1. strongly

Noun

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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

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fort

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

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Danish

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Noun

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fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)

  1. fort

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Dutch

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Noun

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fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

  1. castle
  2. fort

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French fort, from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis.

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Adjective

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

  1. strong; powerful
    Arnie est fort. ― Arnie is strong.
    hommes forts ― strong men
  2. (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
  3. who can count on [with de]
    fort d’une solide expérience ― based on solid experience

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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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

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  • 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

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Noun

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fort m (plural forts)

  1. a fort
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German

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Etymology

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

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Adverb

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fort

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Lombard

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fort

  1. strong

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French fort.

Adjective

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

  1. strong

Descendants

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Norman

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fort m

  1. strong

Derived terms

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Noun

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fort m (plural forts)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German vort.

Adverb

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fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

  1. fast, quick (adverb), quickly

Etymology 2

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

From French fort.

Noun

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German vort.

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Adjective

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

  1. quick
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Adverb

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fort

  1. quickly
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Etymology 2

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From French fort.

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Noun

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

  1. fortress
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Old Dutch

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Adverb

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fort

  1. away

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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fort

  1. strongly
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Descendants

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Old Irish

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Pronoun

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fort

  1. second-person singular of for
    on you

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
fort

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt
  • Syllabification: fort

Etymology 1

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Perhaps borrowed from German Fort or French fort.

Noun

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fort m inan

  1. (military) fort, fortress (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
    Synonyms: barbakan, koszary, twierdza
Declension
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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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nouns

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German fort.

Interjection

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fort

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) away! (leave from here!)
    Synonym: precz

Adverb

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fort (not comparable)

  1. (Wieleń, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) still
    Synonym: ciągle

Further reading

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  • fort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “fort”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 302
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “fort”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fort.

Noun

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fort n (plural forturi)

  1. fort, fortification

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fort fortul forturi forturile
genitive-dative fort fortului forturi forturilor
vocative fortule forturilor

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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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”).

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Adverb

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fort (comparative fortare, superlative fortast)

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

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

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Noun

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fort n

  1. a fort
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  • 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
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Declension of fort
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fort forts
definite fortet fortets
plural indefinite fort forts
definite forten fortens
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