The fort was attacked by surprise.
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Fort
//fɔɹt//
Synonyms for "fort" (61 found)
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Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
89 translations across 55 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φρούριον noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- ὀχύρωμα noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Arabic
2 entries- حِصْن noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- قَلْعَة noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Avar
1 entries- хъала noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Belarusian
1 entries- форт noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Bengali
1 entries- কেল্লা noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Bulgarian
1 entries- форт noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Catalan
1 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Chechen
1 entries- гӏала noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 城堡 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- 堡壘 /堡垒 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- 炮臺 /炮台 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- 碉堡 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Cimbrian
1 entries- forte noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Czech
1 entries- pevnost noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Danish
1 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Dutch
2 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- vesting noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Finnish
3 entries- linnake noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- linnoitus noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- tukikohta noun (any permanent army post)
French
1 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Galician
1 entries- forte noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Georgian
1 entries- ციხესიმაგრე noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
German
3 entries- Festung noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- Fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- Stützpunkt noun (any permanent army post)
Gorontalo
1 entries- biintengi noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Hindi
2 entries- क़िला noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- कोट noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Hungarian
2 entries- erőd noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- erőd noun (any permanent army post)
Icelandic
2 entries- virki noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- vígi noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Indonesian
1 entries- benteng noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Irish
2 entries- daingean noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- dún noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Italian
4 entries- bicocca noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- forte noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fortezza noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fortilizio noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Japanese
1 entries- 要塞 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Javanese
1 entries- bètèng noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Khmer
1 entries- បន្ទាយ noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Korean
1 entries- 요새 noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Latin
1 entries- castrum noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Latvian
1 entries- forts noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Lezgi
1 entries- къеле noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fortas noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Marathi
2 entries- गड noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- दुर्ग noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Māori
1 entries- apaapatū noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Norman
1 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- festning noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- festning noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Old English
1 entries- fæsten noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- حصار noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- حصن noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- قسطل noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- قلعه noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Persian
1 entries- دژ noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Polish
2 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fort noun (any permanent army post)
Portuguese
1 entries- forte noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Russian
1 entries- форт noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- daingneach noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Slovak
1 entries- pevnosť noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Spanish
2 entries- fortín noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fuerte noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Swedish
2 entries- fort noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- fäste noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Telugu
1 entries- కోట noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Turkish
2 entries- kale noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- korugan noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Ukrainian
1 entries- форт noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Urdu
1 entries- قلعہ noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Vietnamese
1 entries- pháo đài noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
Welsh
3 entries- amddiffynfa noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- caer noun (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
- caer noun (any permanent army post)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The chief massed his warriors to attack the fort.
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It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.
Source: tatoeba (268876)
The enemy occupied the fort.
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