Definition of FORTES

fortes

Verb

  • gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
  • enclose by or as if by a fortification
  • station (troops) in a fort

Noun

  • plural of forte
  • plural of fortis

General

  • Plural of 'fortis,' a type of consonant.

Examples

  • He studied the pronunciation of ’fortes’ to better understand linguistic phonetics.

Synonyms

fort, fort up, fortify

Scrabble Score: 9

fortes: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fortes: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fortes: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

fortes: valid Words With Friends Word