Usually means: Strong, forceful consonants in phonetics.
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  1. fortis: Merriam-Webster
  2. fortis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fortis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. fortis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Fortis (Belgium), Fortis (Swiss watchmaker), Fortis (finance), Fortis (linguistics), Fortis (phonetics), Fortis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (fortis)

▸ adjective:  (phonetics, of a consonant) Strongly articulated, hence voiceless.
▸ noun:  (phonetics) A fortis consonant.

Similar:
hard, forté, forte, fricated, front, frontish, fiercesome, fossed, foine, fustrated, more...

Opposite:
infirma, weak, frail, feeble

Phrases:
aqua fortis, Fortis and lenis, Fortis Films, BNP Paribas Fortis, Fortis Healthcare, more...

Adjectives:
more, latin, luchelli, old, adjective, little, lenis, weak, italian



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Similar:
hard, forté, forte, fricated, front, frontish, fiercesome, fossed, foine, fustrated, more...

Opposite:
infirma, weak, frail, feeble

Phrases:
aqua fortis, Fortis and lenis, Fortis Films, BNP Paribas Fortis, Fortis Healthcare, Fortis Inc., Fortis College, Fortis Green, more...

Adjectives:
more, latin, luchelli, old, adjective, little, lenis, weak, italian



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