how to pronounce fort

/fɔʁ/

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fort is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of fort in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… mon papa était très fort et donc je me …”

meanings of fort

adjective:

Skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects).
Who can count on.
Strong; powerful.

adverb:

Very (the adjective).
Much, a lot.
Strongly.

noun:

A fort.

fort frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word fort occurs in french on average 234 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.