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fortress

/ˈfɔːtɹəs/FAWR-truhs
/ˈfɔɹtɹəs/FAWR-truhs

Meaningstrong

Common meaning: a stronghold

Journey through time

  1. Latinfortis‘strong’source
  2. Middle Englishfortressesource
  3. Englishfortress‘a stronghold’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fortis ‘strong’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry fortis, p. 217 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • fortis Latin “strong, brave”

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