different between fort vs fallen

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Homophone: forte (one pronunciation); fought (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

fort (plural forts)

1. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
2. Any permanent army post.
3. (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
4. A structure improvised from furniture, 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

Related terms

• fortress
• fortification
• hold the fort

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: foto

Translations

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• frot

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?f??t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?f?rt/
• Rhymes: -??t

Adjective

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

1. strong (forceful, powerful)

   Antonyms: feble, dèbil

2. strong (durable, resistant)
3. strong (potent, having a high degree of intensity)

Derived terms

• caixa forta
• enfortir
• fortament
• fortesa
• interacció forta

Related terms

• força
• forçar
• fortalesa

Adverb

fort

1. strongly

Noun

fort m (plural forts, feminine forta)

1. A strong person.
2. strength (the strongest part of something)
3. A fort or other defensive construction.

Interjection

fort

1. Expressing 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.
• “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)

1. fort

References

• “fort” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

fort n (plural forten, diminutive fortje n)

1. castle
2. fort

Anagrams

• trof

French

Etymology

From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

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

1. strong; powerful

2. (transitive with en) (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects)

3. (transitive with de) who can count on

Synonyms

• ferme
• grand
• gros
• robuste

Derived terms

Antonyms

• faible

Adverb

fort

1. strongly
2. much, a lot
   • 2001, Le Funambule, page 141, ?ISBN

     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.

3. (when preceding an adjective) very (the adjective)

Related terms

• fortement
• fortifier

Noun

fort m (plural forts)

1. A fort

Related terms

• forteresse
• fortification

Further reading

• “fort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f???t]

Adverb

fort

1. away
2. gone
3. going on, continuing

Derived terms

• fortkommen
• in einem fort
• usf.

Related terms

• Fortbildung, Fortgang, Fortlaufen, Fortschritt, Fortzug

Further reading

• “fort” in Duden online

Lombard

Etymology

From forte.

Adjective

fort

1. strong

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fort.

Adjective

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

1. strong

Descendants

• ? English: fort
• French: fort

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-.

Adjective

fort m

1. strong

Derived terms

• fortement (“strongly”)

Noun

fort m (plural forts)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, military, etc.) fort

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort

Adverb

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

1. 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)

1. (military) a fort

References

• “fort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /furt/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

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

1. quick

Synonyms

• snøgg

Antonyms

• treg
• sakte

Adverb

fort

1. quickly

Synonyms

• snøgt

Antonyms

• tregt
• sakte

Etymology 2

From French fort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rt/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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

1. fortress

Derived terms

• kystfort

References

• “fort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Adverb

fort

1. away

References

• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 18

Old French

Etymology

From Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?rt/
• Rhymes: -?rt

Adjective

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

1. strong

Declension

Adverb

fort

1. strongly

Related terms

• force
• forment
• forteresce

Descendants

• ? English: fort
• Middle French: fort
  • French: fort

Old Irish

Pronoun

fort

1. second-person singular of for

   on you

Descendants

• Irish: ort
• Manx: ort
• Scottish Gaelic: ort

Polish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rt/

Noun

fort m inan

1. fortress (fortified place)

Declension

Synonyms

• barbakan
• koszary
• twierdza

Related terms

• fortyfikacja

Romanian

Etymology

From French fort.

Noun

fort n (plural forturi)

1. 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^(key): /?f??/

Adverb

fort

1. quickly/quick, fast

See also

• fart
• fort-
• forta
• fortkörning
• snabbt

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??/

Noun

fort n

1. 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.

Declension

Related terms

• fortifiera
• fortifikation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?l?n/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f?l?n/

Verb

fallen

1. past participle of fall

Adjective

fallen (not generally comparable, comparative more fallen, superlative most fallen)

1. Having dropped by the force of gravity.

   fallen raindrops

2. (literary) Killed in battle.

   to honor fallen soldiers

3. Having lost one's chastity.

   a fallen woman

   • 1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids (?ISBN)

     "You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman […]

4. Having collapsed.

   a fallen building

5. Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
   • 1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397:

     That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]

Usage notes

• Rarely, the superlative form fallenest is encountered.

Synonyms

• (having collapsed): collapsed

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fallen (plural fallen)

1. (plural only) The dead.
2. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
3. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.

Translations

Catalan

Verb

fallen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of fallar

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vallen, from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallan?, from Proto-Indo-European *p?l-. Akin to Low German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall, Danish falde, Dutch falla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?faln?/, /?fal?n/

Verb

fallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fiel, past participle gefallen, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop
   • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, ‘Gespenster’:

2. (intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:

3. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.

4. (intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (die in a war): im Feld bleiben

Derived terms

Further reading

• “fallen” in Duden online
• “fallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Alternative forms

• vallen (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fal?n?/, /?fal??n/

Verb

fallen (past singular full, past participle fullen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (ergative) to fall, tumble

2. to happen

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb falle

Adjective

fallen (neuter singular fallent, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

Derived terms

• småfallen

References

• “fallen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb falle

Adjective

fallen (neuter singular falle, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

Derived terms

• småfallen

References

• “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

fallen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of fallar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of fallar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of fallar.

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of falla.

Adjective

fallen

1. fallen

Declension

Noun

fallen

1. definite plural of fall

Anagrams

• fallne