Fortification

//ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "fortification" (101 found)

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80 translations across 35 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • τεῖχος noun (that which fortifies)
  • ὀχύρωμα noun (that which fortifies)
  • ὀχύρωσις noun (the act of fortifying)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مَعْقِل noun (that which fortifies)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ամրություն noun (that which fortifies)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • istehkam noun (that which fortifies)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • укрепване noun (the act of fortifying)
  • укрепления noun (that which fortifies)
  • усилване noun (the act of fortifying)

Catalan

1 entries
  • fortificació noun (that which fortifies)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 堡壘 /堡垒 noun (that which fortifies)
  • 工事 noun (the act of fortifying)
  • 工事 noun (that which fortifies)
  • 防禦工事 /防御工事 noun (the act of fortifying)

Czech

2 entries
  • opevnění noun (that which fortifies)
  • pevnost noun (that which fortifies)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vesting noun (that which fortifies)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • i-m-im-Dr:r-O36 noun (that which fortifies)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fortikado noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortikaĵo noun (that which fortifies)

Finnish

3 entries
  • linnoite noun (that which fortifies)
  • linnoittaminen noun (the act of fortifying)
  • linnoitus noun (that which fortifies)

French

4 entries
  • fortification noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortification noun (that which fortifies)
  • renforcement noun (the act of fortifying)
  • renforcement noun (that which fortifies)

Galician

2 entries
  • fortificación noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortificación noun (that which fortifies)

German

4 entries
  • Befestigen noun (the act of fortifying)
  • Befestigung noun (that which fortifies)
  • Festung noun (that which fortifies)
  • Festungsbau noun (the act of fortifying)

Greek

2 entries
  • οχύρωμα noun (that which fortifies)
  • οχύρωση noun (the act of fortifying)

Italian

2 entries
  • fortificazione noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortificazione noun (that which fortifies)

Latin

4 entries
  • fortificātiō noun (the act of fortifying)
  • mūnīmentum noun (that which fortifies)
  • mūnītiō noun (the act of fortifying)
  • mūnītiō noun (that which fortifies)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • у́тврда noun (the act of fortifying)
  • утврду́вања noun (that which fortifies)
  • утврду́вање noun (the act of fortifying)

Malay

2 entries
  • pengubuan noun (the act of fortifying)
  • perkubuan noun (that which fortifies)

Māori

3 entries
  • papare noun (that which fortifies)
  • pare noun (that which fortifies)
  • tūwatawata noun (that which fortifies)

Norman

2 entries
  • fortificâtion noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortificâtion noun (that which fortifies)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • festningsanlegg noun (that which fortifies)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • festningsanlegg noun (that which fortifies)

Old English

1 entries
  • fæsten noun (that which fortifies)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • حصار noun (that which fortifies)

Persian

1 entries
  • استحکامات noun (that which fortifies)

Polish

4 entries
  • fortyfikacja noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortyfikacja noun (that which fortifies)
  • umocnienie noun (the act of fortifying)
  • umocnienie noun (that which fortifies)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • fortificação noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortificação noun (that which fortifies)

Romanian

3 entries
  • fortificare noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortificație noun (that which fortifies)
  • fortăreață noun (that which fortifies)

Russian

3 entries
  • укрепле́ние noun (the act of fortifying)
  • укрепле́ния noun (that which fortifies)
  • фортифика́ция noun (the act of fortifying)

Spanish

2 entries
  • fortificación noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortificación noun (that which fortifies)

Swedish

4 entries
  • befästning noun (the act of fortifying)
  • befästning noun (that which fortifies)
  • befästningskonst noun (the act of fortifying)
  • fortifikation noun (that which fortifies)

Tamil

3 entries
  • அரண் noun (that which fortifies)
  • கோட்டை noun (that which fortifies)
  • மதில் noun (that which fortifies)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tahkimat noun (that which fortifies)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.

Source: tatoeba (12048614)

The rocky massif located around the Iset River also served as a natural fortification.

Source: tatoeba (13372087)

Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time ; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.

Source: wiktionary

“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?[…]”

Source: wiktionary

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