fortis
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fortis /ˈfɔːtɪs/
▶adjective Phonetics (of a consonant) strongly articulated, especially more so than another consonant articulated in the same place. The opposite of lenis.
– origin early 20th cent.: from L., lit. ‘strong’.
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