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a fortiori en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹˌaɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɑː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɑ-/ (General-American)
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹtiˈoɹi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹtiˈoɹˌaɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.

Meanings

1. (rhetoric) With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.

Forms

Translations (2)

es a fortiori (Translations) · es con mayor razón (Translations)

a fortiori en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹˌaɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɑː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɑ-/ (General-American)
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹtiˈoɹi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹtiˈoɹˌaɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.

Meanings

1. (rhetoric) With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
   • We're bound to accept an a fortiori claim because of our prior acceptance of a weaker application of the same reasoning. Frank can't run to the store in less than five minutes, and the restaurant is several blocks further away than the store. Thus, a fortiori, Frank can't run to the restaurant in less than five minutes. 2011, Mortimer Jerome Adler, How to Prove There Is a God:
   • Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either. 1954, Gilbert Ryle, “dilemma vii: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 103:

Forms

Relateds

a priori · a posteriori

Translations (22)

hu annál is inkább (Translations) · de a fortiori (Translations) · hu különösen (Translations) · pl tym bardziej (Translations) · el κατά μείζονα λόγο (Translations) · hu még inkább (Translations) · nl a fortiori (Translations) · hu annál inkább (Translations) · la a fortiori (Translations) · fr a fortiori (Translations) · hy առավել ևս (Translations) · ko 더더군다나 (Translations) · fa به طریق اولی (Translations) · el και δη (Translations) · he קַל וָחֹמֶר (Translations) · nb a fortiori (Translations) · hu főleg (Translations) · es a fortiori (Translations) · it a fortiori (Translations) · hu végképp (Translations) · pl co więcej (Translations) · es con mayor razón (Translations)