Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Articulated with relatively strong pressure of the airstream below the glottis, as in English (p) and (t) compared with (b) and (d).
- noun A fortis consonant.
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- adjective phonetics strongly articulated (of a
consonant ), hencevoiceless
Etymologies
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Examples
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The perfumer uses liq.amm. fortis, that is, strong liquid ammonia, and the sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, for preparing the various "salts" that he sells.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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The colon sign ":" is to mark a 'fortis' stop, without imposing exact phonetics.
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In word-final position, it has been noted that there is a tendency of neutralization of stop contrasts, favouring aspiration a.k.a. "fortis".
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Jan 05 2008 Egad, I stated "PIE itself did not have ejectives but only aspirated, semi-voiced 'fortis' stops" and I of course meant unaspirated fortis stops.
The origin of the Indo-European uvular stop (traditionally the "plain, non-palatalized stop") 2008
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In word-final position, it has been noted that there is a tendency of neutralization of stop contrasts, favouring aspiration a.k.a. "fortis".
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2 Here, I use "colon" as a casual marker for 'fortis' stops.
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To which the celebrants answers, Dominus fortis et potens.
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At the end of each Improperium is sung the "Trisagion", Sanctus Deus, Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Immortalis, miserere nobis, by one choir in Greek and by another in Latin.
More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel 2009
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Medieval alchemists classified nitric acid and some mixtures of hydrochloric acid as aqua fortis (strong water) and aqua regia (royal water) because they were such good solvents.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Medieval alchemists classified nitric acid and some mixtures of hydrochloric acid as aqua fortis (strong water) and aqua regia (royal water) because they were such good solvents.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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