Fortress

//ˈfoɹ.tɹɪs//

Synonyms for "fortress" (40 found)

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Translations

153 translations across 94 languages.

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Ainu

1 entries
  • チャシ noun (fortified place)

Albanian

2 entries
  • fortesë noun (fortified place)
  • kala noun (fortified place)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • φρούριον noun (fortified place)
  • ὀχύρωμα noun (fortified place)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حِصْن noun (fortified place)
  • قلعة noun (fortified place)
  • قَلْعَة noun (fortified place)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ամրոց noun (fortified place)
  • բերդ noun (fortified place)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • grãditã noun (fortified place)
  • tsitati noun (fortified place)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qala noun (fortified place)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • крэ́пасць noun (fortified place)
  • фартэ́ца noun (fortified place)
  • фартэ́цыя noun (fortified place)
  • цвердзь noun (fortified place)

Bengali

3 entries
  • কেল্লা noun (fortified place)
  • কোট noun (fortified place)
  • দুর্গ noun (fortified place)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • кре́пост noun (fortified place)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ခံတပ် noun (fortified place)
  • ခံမြို့ noun (fortified place)

Catalan

1 entries
  • fortalesa noun (fortified place)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قەڵا noun (fortified place)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 城堡 noun (fortified place)
  • 堡壘 /堡垒 noun (fortified place)
  • 要塞 noun (fortified place)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • yāōcalli noun (fortified place)

Czech

1 entries
  • pevnost noun (fortified place)

Danish

1 entries
  • fæstning noun (fortified place)

Dari

2 entries
  • دِژ noun (fortified place)
  • قَلْعَه noun (fortified place)

Dutch

2 entries
  • fort noun (fortified place)
  • vesting noun (fortified place)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • རྫོང noun (fortified place)

Erzya

1 entries
  • кемечикудо noun (fortified place)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fortiko noun (fortified place)
  • fortreso noun (fortified place)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kindlus noun (fortified place)

Finnish

1 entries
  • linnoitus noun (fortified place)

French

1 entries
  • forteresse noun (fortified place)

Galician

2 entries
  • fortaleza noun (fortified place)
  • forte noun (fortified place)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ციხესიმაგრე noun (fortified place)

German

2 entries
  • Festung noun (fortified place)
  • Festung noun (chess technique)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 noun (fortified place)

Greek

1 entries
  • φρούριο noun (fortified place)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מְצוּדָה noun (fortified place)
  • מִבְצָר noun (fortified place)

Hindi

3 entries
  • क़िला noun (fortified place)
  • गढ़ी noun (fortified place)
  • दुर्ग noun (fortified place)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • erőd noun (fortified place)
  • erődítmény noun (fortified place)
  • vár noun (fortified place)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • virki noun (fortified place)

Ido

1 entries
  • fortreso noun (fortified place)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kreeposti noun (fortified place)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • دِژ noun (fortified place)
  • قَلْعِه noun (fortified place)

Irish

1 entries
  • dún noun (fortified place)

Italian

2 entries
  • fortezza noun (fortified place)
  • rocca noun (fortified place)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 城塞 noun (fortified place)
  • 要塞 noun (fortified place)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • шивә noun (fortified place)

Karakalpak

1 entries
  • qorg'an noun (fortified place)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бекініс noun (fortified place)
  • қамал noun (fortified place)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បន្ទាយ noun (fortified place)

Korean

2 entries
  • 성새 noun (fortified place)
  • 요새 noun (fortified place)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • коргон noun (fortified place)
  • сепил noun (fortified place)

Lao

2 entries
  • ບຸລະ noun (fortified place)
  • ປ້ອມ noun (fortified place)

Latin

3 entries
  • arx noun (fortified place)
  • castellum noun (fortified place)
  • castrum noun (fortified place)

Latvian

1 entries
  • cietoksnis noun (fortified place)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tvirtovė noun (fortified place)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • grod noun (fortified place)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ка́ле noun (fortified place)
  • кре́пост noun (fortified place)
  • твр́дина noun (fortified place)

Malay

2 entries
  • benteng noun (fortified place)
  • kubu noun (fortified place)

Maranao

1 entries
  • ilian noun (fortified place)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хэрэм noun (fortified place)
  • цайз noun (fortified place)

Norman

1 entries
  • fortéresse noun (fortified place)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • birc noun (fortified place)
  • kelhe noun (fortified place)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • festning noun (fortified place)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • festning noun (fortified place)

Occitan

1 entries
  • fortalesa noun (fortified place)

Old English

1 entries
  • fæsten noun (fortified place)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • حصار noun (fortified place)
  • حصن noun (fortified place)
  • قسطل noun (fortified place)
  • قلعه noun (fortified place)

Pashto

1 entries
  • قلعه noun (fortified place)

Polish

3 entries
  • forteca noun (fortified place)
  • twierdza noun (fortified place)
  • warownia noun (fortified place)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fortaleza noun (fortified place)

Potawatomi

1 entries
  • wakaigin noun (fortified place)

Quechua

1 entries
  • pukara noun (fortified place)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cetate noun (fortified place)
  • fortăreață noun (fortified place)

Russian

1 entries
  • кре́пость noun (fortified place)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • दुर्ग noun (fortified place)
  • पुरा noun (fortified place)
  • पुरी noun (fortified place)

Scots

1 entries
  • fortress noun (fortified place)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dùn noun (fortified place)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • tvr̀đava noun (fortified place)
  • tvȑđa noun (fortified place)
  • ȕtvrda noun (fortified place)
  • твр̀ђава noun (fortified place)

Shona

1 entries
  • svingo noun (fortified place)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pevnosť noun (fortified place)
  • tvrdza noun (fortified place)

Slovene

1 entries
  • utrdba noun (fortified place)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • коргон noun (fortified place)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fortaleza noun (fortified place)

Swedish

1 entries
  • fästning noun (fortified place)

Tajik

2 entries
  • диж noun (fortified place)
  • қалъа noun (fortified place)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கோட்டை noun (fortified place)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • ⵜⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔⵜ noun (fortified place)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кальга noun (fortified place)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปราการ noun (fortified place)
  • ป้อม noun (fortified place)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hisar noun (fortified place)
  • kale noun (fortified place)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gala noun (fortified place)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • крі́пость noun (fortified place)
  • тверди́ня noun (fortified place)
  • форте́ця noun (fortified place)

Urdu

2 entries
  • قَلْعَہ noun (fortified place)
  • قِلْعَہ noun (fortified place)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قەلئە noun (fortified place)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qalʻa noun (fortified place)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • pháo đài noun (fortified place)

Welsh

1 entries
  • caer noun (fortified place)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿעסטונג noun (fortified place)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • yausai noun (fortified place)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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With you here beside me I'm not afraid of anything. You're my fortress.

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The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.

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You can still see the remains of the fortress there.

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They built the walls of the fortress without using cement at all.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.