# 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: /fɔɹt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fɔːt/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /fo(ː)ɹt/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /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
* fortlet
* fortlike
* 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
* ringfort
* snow fort
* star fort

#### Related terms

* fortress
* fortification
* hold the fort

#### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: foto
** Aukan: foto
** Saramaccan: fóto

#### 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

* TofR, frot

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔrt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfɔɾt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɾt

### Adjective

fort (feminine forta, masculine plural forts, feminine plural fortes)
* strong (forceful, powerful)
    Antonyms: feble, dèbil
* strong (durable, resistant)
* strong (potent, having a high degree of intensity)

#### Derived terms

* caixa forta
* enfortir
* fortament
* fortesa
* interacció forta

#### Related terms

* força
* forçar
* fortalesa

### Adverb

fort
* strongly

### Noun

fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)
* a strong person
* strength (the strongest part of something)
* a fort or other defensive construction

### 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, 2025
* “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)
* fort

### References

* “fort” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fort
* Rhymes: -ɔrt
* Homophone: Fort

### Noun

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)
* castle
* fort

#### Derived terms

* Fort
* Fort Anké
* Fort Batticaloa
* Fort Belgica
* Fort Calpentijn
* Fort Colombo
* Fort Dindingh
* Fort Frederick
* Fort Frederik Hendrik
* Fort Galle
* Fort Geldria
* Fort Hammenhiel
* Fort Jaffna
* Fort Kalamata
* Fort Lijdzaamheid
* Fort Mannar
* Fort Matara
* Fort Mosselstein
* Fort Nassau
* Fort Negombo
* Fort Oranje
* Fort Sadras
* Fort Tolukko
* Fort Vijf Sinnen
* Fort Zeelandia
* sterfort

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: fort
* Skepi Creole Dutch: fort
* → Kwinti: foto
* → Papiamentu: fòrti, forti
* → Sranan Tongo: foto
** → Kari'na: fo`to
** → Lokono: forto
** → Trió: poto

### Anagrams

* trof

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔːʁ/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio (Quebec):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔʁ

### 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

* ferme
* grand
* gros
* robuste

#### Antonyms

* faible

#### 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
** 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.
* (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

* avoir fort à faire

#### Related terms

* force
* fortement
* fortifier
* renforcer

### Noun

fort m (plural forts)
* a fort

#### Related terms

* forteresse
* fortification

### 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

* IPA: [fɔɐ̯t]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

fort
* away
* gone
* going on, continuing

#### Derived terms

* fortkommen
* in einem fort
* usf.

#### Related terms

* Fortbildung, Fortgang, Fortlaufen, Fortschritt, Fortzug

### 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
* strong

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɔʀt]

### Adverb

fort
* away, gone
wäit fort
* far away

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French fort.

### Adjective

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

#### Descendants

* → English: fort
* French: fort

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

fort m
* strong

#### Derived terms

* fortement (“strongly”)

### Noun

fort m (plural forts)
* (Jersey, Guernsey, military, etc.) fort

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuʈ/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort.

#### Adverb

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)
* fast, quick (adverb), quickly

### Etymology 2

From French fort.

#### Noun

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

### References

* “fort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /furt/

#### Adjective

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

##### Synonyms

* snøgg

##### Antonyms

* treg
* sakte

#### Adverb

fort
* quickly

##### Synonyms

* snøgt

##### Antonyms

* tregt
* sakte

### Etymology 2

From French fort.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔrt/

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* kystfort

### References

* “fort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Dutch
### Adverb

fort
* away

#### References

* Altniederfränkischer Psalm 18

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin fortis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔɾt/
* Rhymes: -ɔrt

### 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.

#### Declension
### Adverb

fort
* strongly

#### Related terms

* force
* forment
* forteresce

#### Descendants

* → English: fort
* Middle French: fort
** French: fort

## Old Irish
### Pronoun

fort
* second-person singular of for
    on you

#### Descendants

* Irish: ort
* Manx: ort
* Scottish Gaelic: ort

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔrt/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈfɔrt/
** (Northern Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈfɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrt
* Syllabification: fort

### Etymology 1

Perhaps borrowed from German Fort or French fort.

#### Noun

fort m inan
* (military) fort, fortress (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
    Synonyms: barbakan, koszary, twierdza

##### Related terms

* fortyfikacja

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German fort.

#### Interjection

fort
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) away! (leave from here!)
    Synonym: precz

#### Adverb

fort (not comparable)
* (Wieleń, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) still
    Synonym: ciągle

### Further reading

* 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
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fort.

### Noun

fort n (plural forturi)
* fort, fortification

#### Declension
## 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

* IPA: /ˈfʊʈ/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adverb

fort (comparative fortare, superlative fortast)
* quickly/quick, fast
    Synonym: snabbt

##### Related terms

* fart
* fort-
* forta
* fortkörning

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔʈ/

#### 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.

##### Related terms

* fortifiera
* fortifikation

### References

* fort in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)