fortification
French, noun/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
fortification is spelled F-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortification is a French feminine noun meaning “fortification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de fortifier une ville, une place, de la munir d’ouvrages de défense”.
What does fortification mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefortification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de fortifier une ville, une place, de la munir d’ouvrages de défense. 2. Cet ouvrage de défense lui-même. 3. Zone des anciennes fortifications de Paris après leur démolition. 4. Produit ou remède fortifiant.
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 fortification
- fortifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortification?
- /fɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \fɔʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
- [fɔʁ̥.t̪i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortification in French?
fortification appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).