fort

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• General-American: /fɔɹt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːt/
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• /fo(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /foət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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• homophone: forte (one pronunciation)
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• homophone: fought (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• homophone: thought (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, th-fronting)
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَلْعَة (qalʕa) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Arabic: حِصْن (ḥiṣn) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Avar: хъала (qxala) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Belarusian: форт (fort) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Bengali: কেল্লা (kella) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Bulgarian: форт (fort) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Catalan: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Chechen: гӏала (ğala) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Chinese Mandarin: 要塞 (yàosài) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Chinese Mandarin: 碉堡 (diāobǎo) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Chinese Mandarin: 城堡 (chéngbǎo) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Chinese Mandarin: 堡壘 /堡垒 (bǎolěi) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Chinese Mandarin: 炮臺 /炮台 (pàotái) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Cimbrian: forte — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Czech: pevnost — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Danish: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Dutch: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Dutch: vesting — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Finnish: linnake — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Finnish: linna — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• French: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Galician: forte — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Georgian: ციხესიმაგრე (cixesimagre) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• German: Festung — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• German: Fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Gorontalo: biintengi — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ancient Greek: φρούριον (phroúrion) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ancient Greek: ὀχύρωμα (okhúrōma) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Hindi: क़िला (qilā) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Hindi: कोट (koṭ) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Hungarian: erőd — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Icelandic: virki — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Icelandic: vígi — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Indonesian: benteng — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Irish: dún — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Irish: daingean — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: forte — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: fortezza — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: fortilizio — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: fortino — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: bicocca — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: piazzaforte — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Italian: ridotta — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Japanese: 要塞 (yōsai) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Javanese: bètèng — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Khmer: បន្ទាយ (bɑɑbɑntiəy) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Korean: 요새 (yosae) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Latin: castrum — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Latvian: forts — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Lezgi: къеле (q̄ele) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Lithuanian: fortas — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Māori: apaapatū — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Marathi: गड (gaḍ) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Marathi: दुर्ग (durga) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Norman: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Norwegian Bokmål: festning — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Norwegian Bokmål: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Norwegian Nynorsk: festning — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Old English: fæsten — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Persian: دژ (dež) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Polish: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Portuguese: forte — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Russian: форт (fort) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Scottish Gaelic: daingneach — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Slovak: pevnosť — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Spanish: fuerte — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Spanish: fortín — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Swedish: fäste — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Swedish: fort — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Telugu: కోట (kōṭa) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Turkish: kale — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Turkish: korugan — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ottoman Turkish: حصار (hisar) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ottoman Turkish: حصن (hısn) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ottoman Turkish: قلعه (kalʼe) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ottoman Turkish: كرمان (kerman, kirman) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Ukrainian: форт (fort) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Urdu: قلعہ (qila) — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Vietnamese: pháo đài — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Welsh: amddiffynfa — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Welsh: caer — fortified defensive structure stationed with troops
• Finnish: tukikohta — any permanent army post
• German: Stützpunkt — any permanent army post
• Hungarian: erőd — any permanent army post
• Polish: fort — any permanent army post
• Welsh: caer — any permanent army post
• Finnish: linna — improvised structure for playing games
• Finnish: maja — improvised structure for playing games