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fortitude

/ˈfɔːtɪˌtuːd/FAWR-tih-tood
/ˈfɔɹtɪˌtud/FAWR-tih-tood

Meaningstrength

Common meaning: steady courage in hardship

Journey through time

  1. Latinfortis‘strong, brave’
  2. Englishfortitude‘steady courage in hardship’ · today

fort also in: fortfortifyforceeffortcomfort

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fortis ‘strong, brave’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry fortis, p. 217 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • fortis Latin “strong, brave”

Related words

comforteffortenforceforcefortfortifyfortress

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