forteresse
French, noun/fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛs/
forteresse is spelled F-O-R-T-E-R-E-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forteresse is a French feminine noun meaning “fortress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu ou ville fortifiée”.
What does forteresse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefortress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu ou ville fortifiée. 2. Prison militaire. 3. Position d’un camp en infériorité mais ne pouvant être délogé. 4. Forteresse volante, gros bombardier en usage durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of forteresse
- forteresses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forteresse?
- /fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛs/
- \fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛs\
- [fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forteresse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forteresse in French?
forteresse appears 6.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).