fortification

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• /ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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Borrowed from Middle French fortification, from Late Latin fortificatio, fortificationem, from fortifico, from Latin fortis. By surface analysis, fort + -ification.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: укрепване (ukrepvane) — the act of fortifying
• Bulgarian: усилване (usilvane) — the act of fortifying
• Chinese Mandarin: 防禦工事 /防御工事 (fángyù gōngshì) — the act of fortifying
• Chinese Mandarin: 工事 (gōngshì) — the act of fortifying
• Esperanto: fortikado — the act of fortifying
• Finnish: linnoittaminen — the act of fortifying
• French: fortification — the act of fortifying
• French: renforcement — the act of fortifying
• Galician: fortificación — the act of fortifying
• German: Festungsbau — the act of fortifying
• German: Befestigen — the act of fortifying
• Greek: οχύρωση (ochýrosi) — the act of fortifying
• Ancient Greek: ὀχύρωσις (okhúrōsis) — the act of fortifying
• Hindi: क़िलाबंदी (qilābandī) — the act of fortifying
• Italian: fortificazione — the act of fortifying
• Latin: fortificātiō — the act of fortifying
• Latin: mūnītiō — the act of fortifying
• Macedonian: утврду́вање (utvrdúvanje) — the act of fortifying
• Macedonian: у́тврда (útvrda) — the act of fortifying
• Malay: pengubuan — the act of fortifying
• Norman: fortificâtion — the act of fortifying
• Polish: fortyfikacja — the act of fortifying
• Polish: umocnienie — the act of fortifying
• Portuguese: fortificação — the act of fortifying
• Romanian: fortificare — the act of fortifying
• Russian: фортифика́ция (fortifikácija) — the act of fortifying
• Russian: укрепле́ние (ukreplénije) — the act of fortifying
• Spanish: fortificación — the act of fortifying
• Swedish: befästning — the act of fortifying
• Swedish: befästningskonst — the act of fortifying
• Arabic: مَعْقِل (maqil) — that which fortifies
• Armenian: ամրություն (amrutʻyun) — that which fortifies
• Azerbaijani: istehkam — that which fortifies
• Bulgarian: укрепления (ukreplenija) — that which fortifies
• Catalan: fortificació — that which fortifies
• Chinese Mandarin: 防禦工事 /防御工事 (fángyù gōngshì) — that which fortifies
• Chinese Mandarin: 工事 (gōngshì) — that which fortifies
• Chinese Mandarin: 堡壘 /堡垒 (bǎolěi) — that which fortifies
• Czech: pevnost — that which fortifies
• Czech: opevnění — that which fortifies
• Dutch: vesting — that which fortifies
• Egyptian: i-m-im-Dr:r-O36 (jmḏr) — that which fortifies
• Esperanto: fortikaĵo — that which fortifies
• Finnish: linnoite — that which fortifies
• Finnish: linnoitus — that which fortifies
• French: fortification — that which fortifies
• French: renforcement — that which fortifies
• Galician: fortificación — that which fortifies
• German: Befestigung — that which fortifies
• German: Festung — that which fortifies
• German: Fort — that which fortifies
• Greek: οχύρωμα (ochýroma) — that which fortifies
• Ancient Greek: τεῖχος (teîkhos) — that which fortifies
• Ancient Greek: ὀχύρωμα (okhúrōma) — that which fortifies
• Italian: fortificazione — that which fortifies
• Latin: mūnītiō — that which fortifies
• Latin: mūnīmentum — that which fortifies
• Macedonian: утврду́вања (utvrdúvanja) — that which fortifies
• Malay: perkubuan — that which fortifies
• Māori: pare — that which fortifies
• Māori: papare — that which fortifies
• Māori: tūwatawata — that which fortifies
• Norman: fortificâtion — that which fortifies
• Norwegian Bokmål: festningsanlegg — that which fortifies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: festningsanlegg — that which fortifies
• Old English: fæsten — that which fortifies
• Persian: استحکامات (estehkâmât) — that which fortifies
• Polish: fortyfikacja — that which fortifies
• Polish: umocnienie — that which fortifies
• Portuguese: fortificação — that which fortifies
• Romanian: fortificație — that which fortifies
• Romanian: fortăreață — that which fortifies
• Russian: укрепле́ния (ukreplénija) — that which fortifies
• Spanish: fortificación — that which fortifies
• Swedish: befästning — that which fortifies
• Swedish: fortifikation — that which fortifies
• Tamil: அரண் (araṇ) — that which fortifies
• Tamil: மதில் (matil) — that which fortifies
• Tamil: கோட்டை (kōṭṭai) — that which fortifies
• Turkish: tahkimat — that which fortifies
• Ottoman Turkish: حصار (hisar) — that which fortifies