Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortilage

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)tilidʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-ti-lage
IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)tilidʒ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little fort; a blockhouse.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Yet was the fence thereof but weake and thin ; Nought feard theyr force that fortilage to win"

Etymology

Variant (influenced by -age) of fortalice, borrowed from Latin fortalitia. Doublet of fortress.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fortalitia

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fortilages (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce fortilage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔː(ɹ)tilidʒ/.
What does fortilage mean?: A little fort; a blockhouse.
Where does fortilage come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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