fort (forte)

A. adj

• 1 strong armée forte de 10 000 hommes = 10,000-strong army fort d'un chiffre d'affaires en hausse = boasting an increased turnover Definition of strong in the British & World English dictionary Definition of strong in the US English dictionary Translate strong | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 [noise] loud; [light] bright; [heat, activity] intense; [temperature, fever, rate] high; [blow, jolt] hard; [rain] heavy; [spice] hot; [majority] large; [lack, shortage] great; [drop, increase] sharp forte émigration = high level of emigration Definition of loud in the British & World English dictionary Definition of loud in the US English dictionary Translate loud | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 (at school subject) good Definition of good in the British & World English dictionary Definition of good in the US English dictionary Translate good | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 4 [person] stout; [hips] broad; [bust] large; [thighs] big Definition of stout in the British & World English dictionary Definition of stout in the US English dictionary Translate stout | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 5 (fam) c'est un peu fort! = that's a bit much! (colloq)

B. adv

• 1 extremely, very Definition of extremely in the British & World English dictionary Definition of extremely in the US English dictionary Translate extremely | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 [doubt] very much avoir fort à faire (fam) = to have a lot to do Definition of very much in the British & World English dictionary Definition of very much in the US English dictionary Translate very much | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 [hit] hard; [squeeze] tight; [breathe] deeply; [speak] loudly y aller un peu fort (fam) = to go a bit too far Definition of hard in the British & World English dictionary Definition of hard in the US English dictionary Translate hard | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 4il ne va pas très fort = he's not very well

C. nm

• 1 fort Definition of fort in the British & World English dictionary Definition of fort in the US English dictionary Translate fort | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 strong person

D. phr (au plus fort de)

• au plus fort de l'été = at the height of summer