strong; powerful · (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects) · who can count on
çekim: çoğul forts
eş: ferme, grand, gros, robuste
zıt: faible
köken: Inherited from Old French fort, from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis.
aile: à plus forte raison, au prix fort, c'est plus fort que moi, employer la manière forte, esprit fort, faire fort, fort comme un bœuf, fort comme un Turc, fort de café, haut et fort
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
köken: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 굳세〯다〮 (Yale: kwùt-sěy-tá), equivalent to 굳다 (gutda, “to be hard”) + 세다 (seda, “to be strong”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Polish ugięty Polish nieugięty From nie- + ugięty.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos Proto-Italic *θermos Proto-Italic *fermos Latin firmus From Proto-Italic *fermos, from earlier *θermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”) (whence also Sanskrit धर्म (dharma)), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”) (whence also ferē and fermē). Cognate with Sanskrit धरति (dhárati), Old Persian…