forces

forces

See also: forcés

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɔɹsɪz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔːsɪz/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(ː)ɹsɪz/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /foəsɪz/

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Noun

forces

1. plural of force
2. (military) troops (plural only).
3. (music) the orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production (nearly always used in plural form only).

Translations

Troops

Armenian: զորք (hy) (zorkʿ)

German: Kräfte (de) pl or f, Streitkräfte (de) pl or f, Truppen (de) pl or f

Verb

forces

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of force

Anagrams

• Cofers, corfes, fresco

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Catalan

Noun

forces

1. plural of força

Verb

forces

1. second-person singular present indicative form of forçar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁs/
• Rhymes: -ɔʁs
• Homophones: force, forcent

Noun

forces f

1. plural of force

Verb

forces

1. second-person singular present indicative of forcer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of forcer

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Portuguese

Verb

forces

1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of forçar
2. Second-person singular (tu) negative imperative of forçar