Fortis meaning

fôr'tĭs
A fortis consonant.
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Articulated with relatively strong pressure of the airstream below the glottis, as in English (p) and (t) compared with (b) and (d).
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Articulated with much muscle tension and, usually, with strong aspiration, as initial (p) and (t) in English.
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A fortis sound.
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(phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.
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Origin of fortis

  • Latin strong fort
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin fortis (“strong”).
    From Wiktionary

Fortis Sentence Examples

  • Signor Fortis then became premier and minister of the interior, Signor Maiorano finance minister and Signor Carcano treasury minister, while Signor Tittoni, Admiral Mirabello 1905 and General Pedotti retained the portfolios they had held in the previous administration.

  • at Paris and Leiden, are quite dissimilar from the Latin works attributed to Geber, and show few if any traces of the positive chemical knowledge, as of nitric acid (aqua dissolutiva or fortis) or of the mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids known as aqua regis or regia, that appears in the latter.

  • On the resignation of Giolitti in March 1905 Tittoni became interim premier for a few days and remained in the Fortis Cabinet as Foreign Minister.

  • In March 1905, feeling himself no longer secure, he resigned, indicating Fortis as his successor.

  • Aloysio Fortis (Veronese)1820-182921.

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