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Showing words for FORTIS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Fortis

fortis

5 Letter Words for Fortis

first, foist, forts, frist, frits, frost, isort, rifts, riots, roist, rosit, rosti, rotis, trios, trois

4 Letter Words for Fortis

firs, fist, fits, fort, fots, fris, frit, fros, frot, orfs, orts, otis, rifs, rift, riot, rist, rits, roit, rost, roti, rots, sift, soft, soir, sori, sort, stir, stof, stor, tori, tors, trio

3 Letter Words for Fortis

fir, fit, for, fot, fri, fro, frs, frt, ifs, iof, ios, irs, iso, ist, its, oft, ois, orf, ors, ort, osi, rfs, rif, rio, rit, roi, ros, rot, rti, sif, sir, sit, sot, sri, str, tfr, tis, toi, tor, tos, trf, tri, trs, tsi

Definitions for Fortis

[1] pronounced with considerable muscular tension and breath pressure, resulting in a strong fricative or explosive sound. In stressed position (p, t, k, ch, f, th, s, sh) and sometimes (h) are fortis in English as compared with (b, d, g, j, v, th̸, z, and zh), which are lenis. Compare lenis.
[2] a fortis consonant.
[3] (of a consonant) articulated with considerable muscular tension of the speech organs or with a great deal of breath pressure or plosion
[4] a consonant, such as English p or f , pronounced with considerable muscular force or breath pressure

Words nearby Fortis

fortification agate, fortified pa, fortified wine, fortify, fortin barometer, fortis, fortissimo, fortition, fortitude, fortitudinous, fortnight

Origin of Fortis

1905–10; < Latin: strong, powerful, firm

Word origin for Fortis

Latin: strong