fort

strong (potent, having a high degree of intensity)

ca-adj

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

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

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


fort

strength (the strongest part of something)


fort

expresses approval of a punishment or misfortune suffered by another


fort

head

fort n (singular definite fortet, plural indefinite forter)

fortet (definite singular)
forter (indefinite plural)


fort

nl-noun

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

forten (plural)
fortje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: fort

Skepi Creole Dutch: fort

→ Kwinti: foto

→ Papiamentu: fòrti, forti

→ Sranan Tongo: foto

→ Kari'na: fo`to

→ Lokono: forto

→ Trió: poto


fort

A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

(historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.

A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.

Sranan Tongo: foto

Aukan: foto

Saramaccan: fóto

قَلْعَة

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

fought (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

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


fort

To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

en-verb

fort (third-person singular simple present forts, present participle forting, simple past and past participle forted)

forts (present singular third-person)
forting (participle present)
forted (participle past)
forted (past)


fort

Arnie est fort.

hommes forts

Je suis fort en anglais

(intransitive) (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) [with en]

fort d’une solide expérience

fr-adj

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

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

la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure

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


fort

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.

Je lui parle fort souvent.

(when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier)


fort

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


fort

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


fort

head

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

forte (feminine singular)
fors (masculine plural)
fortes (feminine plural)

→ English: fort

French: fort


fort

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


fort

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

fortere (comparative)
fortest (superlative)


fort

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

fortet (definite singular)
fort (indefinite plural)
forter (indefinite plural)
forta (definite plural)
fortene (definite plural)


fort

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

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


fort

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

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


fort

La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
bone cum cele k'ert markande.
De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
en Engleterre curre devait.

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:

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.

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

fort (feminine nominative oblique singular)
forte (feminine nominative oblique singular)
forz (masculine singular subjective)
fort (later forte) (feminine singular subjective)
fort (neuter singular subjective)
fort (masculine oblique singular)
fort (later forte) (feminine oblique singular)
fort (neuter oblique singular)
fort (later forte) (oblique singular)
fort (oblique singular)
fort (masculine plural subjective)
forz (later fortes) (feminine plural subjective)
fort (neuter plural subjective)
fort (plural subjective)
forz (masculine oblique plural)
forz (later fortes) (feminine oblique plural)
fort (neuter oblique plural)
forz (later fortes) (oblique plural)
fort (oblique plural)


fort

→ English: fort

Middle French: fort

French: fort


fort

on you

Irish: ort

Manx: ort

Scottish Gaelic: ort


fort

(military) fort, fortress (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)

fort (nominative singular)
forty (nominative plural)
fortu (genitive singular)
fortów (genitive plural)
fortowi (dative singular)
fortom (dative plural)
fort (accusative singular)
forty (accusative plural)
fortem (instrumental singular)
fortami (instrumental plural)
forcie (locative singular)
fortach (locative plural)
forcie (singular vocative)
forty (plural vocative)

Perhaps borrowed from German Fort or French fort.


fort

(Chełmno-Dobrzyń) away! (leave from here!)


fort

forturi (plural)
fort (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fortul (accusative definite nominative singular)
forturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
forturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
fort (indefinite singular)
fortului (definite singular)
forturi (indefinite plural)
forturilor (definite plural)
fortule (singular vocative)
forturilor (plural vocative)


fort

sv-adv

fort (comparative fortare, superlative fortast)

fortare (comparative)
fortast (superlative)

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”).


fort

fort (indefinite nominative singular)
forts (genitive indefinite singular)
fortet (definite nominative singular)
fortets (definite genitive singular)
fort (indefinite nominative plural)
forts (genitive indefinite plural)
forten (definite nominative plural)
fortens (definite genitive plural)

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