different between fort vs tower

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

Alternative forms

• towre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English t?r, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”).

Compare Scots tour, towr, towre (“tower”), West Frisian toer (“tower”), Dutch toren (“tower”), German Turm (“tower”), Danish tårn (“tower”), Swedish torn (“tower”), Icelandic turn (“tower”), Welsh t?r. Doublet of tor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ta?.?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ta??/
• Rhymes: -a?.?(?)

Noun

tower (plural towers)

1. A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.
2. A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.
3. A water tower.
4. A control tower.
5. Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

   The Sears Tower

6. (figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
7. (informal) An interlocking tower.
8. (figuratively) A strong refuge; a defence.

   • Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

9. (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.

   • Lay trains of amorous intrigues / In towers, and curls, and periwigs.

10. (obsolete) High flight; elevation.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

11. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
12. (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.

Synonyms

• donjon

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Tower
• ? Hindi: ???? (??var)
• ? Japanese: ??? (taw?)
• ? Korean: ?? (tawo)
• ? Northern Kurdish: tawer
• ? Punjabi: ???? (??var)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English touren, torren, torrien, from Old English *torrian, from the noun (see above).

Verb

tower (third-person singular simple present towers, present participle towering, simple past and past participle towered)

1. (intransitive) To be very tall.

2. (intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To soar into.

Derived terms

• tower over

See also

• The Tower (Tarot card) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mast

Etymology 3

From tow +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??.?(?)/

Noun

tower (plural towers)

1. One who tows.
   • 1933, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar

     But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window […]

Anagrams

• towre, twoer, wrote

Afrikaans

Verb

tower (present tower, present participle towerende, past participle getower)

1. Alternative form of toor.