fortiche
French, noun\fɔʁ.tiʃ\
fortiche is spelled F-O-R-T-I-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortiche is a French feminine noun meaning “someone who's intelligent, a brain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage expérimenté, très fort dans son domaine”.
What does fortiche mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalclever, smart, brainy
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculinesomeone who's intelligent, a brain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Calé, très fort, balèze.
noun: 1. Personnage expérimenté, très fort dans son domaine.
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 fortiche
- fortiches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortiche?
- \fɔʁ.tiʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fortiche in French?
fortiche appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).