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fortis

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fortis.

Editorial note

Another fun analogy: a start-up requires the care of its founders in the same way a fortis requires the environment of the womb.

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Quick take

(phonetics) A fortis consonant.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fortis gathered in one view.

noun

(phonetics) A fortis consonant.

adjective

(phonetics, of a consonant) Strongly articulated, hence voiceless.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fortis.

noun

(phonetics) A fortis consonant.

adjective

(phonetics, of a consonant) Strongly articulated, hence voiceless.

Example sentences

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Another fun analogy: a start-up requires the care of its founders in the same way a fortis requires the environment of the womb.

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In fact, this is how Apollo Group and Fortis Health (two of India and Asia's largest health groups) expanded rapidly in the 2000s.

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Sadly my dictionary of classical word origins suggests that forte comes from fortis in Latin, which (while ultimately true) doesn't reflect either later usage or pronunciation.

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DataVita has opened a new data center in Glasgow in its parent company’s office development, as well as expanding its Fortis data center in August 2022.

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Narayan Hridayala, Fortis etc employ pretty good doctors.

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The article seems to really focus on Fortis and surrounding scandals, but all the drama aside, this is the most expensive land in the world and the building doesn't seem to be doomed yet.

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> Hardware tokens cost money All your excellent examples will dwarf mine, but I'll still tell it as a very cheap medium: When I was at Fortis Luxembourg, the bank gave me a passive token: A card with a few dozen digits on it.

Quote examples

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I made a few syllabics converters for Ojibwe when I was younger, but Ojibwe and Cree are harder to build converters from than Inuktitut because they have a lenis-fortis distinction in the latin script but not syllabics, so the word "anishinaabe" can be converted unambiguously to ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ, but trying to convert the other way could render any one of anishinaabe, ani*zh*inaabe, anishinaa*pe*, or ani*zh*inaa*pe*.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fortis in a sentence?

Another fun analogy: a start-up requires the care of its founders in the same way a fortis requires the environment of the womb.

What does fortis mean?

(phonetics) A fortis consonant.

What part of speech is fortis?

fortis is commonly used as noun, adjective.