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forț
heel counter (the stiff piece inside a shoe's heel) /ˈforts/
noun#1677 most common
Also: heel stiffener, shoe counter, back stiffener
Example sentences
Cizmarul pune un forț în spatele pantofului.
The shoemaker puts a counter in the back of the shoe.
Acest forț este făcut din carton tare.
This counter is made of hard cardboard.
Forțul menține forma tocului chiar și după mulți ani de purtare.
The counter keeps the heel's shape even after many years of wear.
Fără un forț bine fixat, spatele pantofului se deformează repede.
Without a well-fixed counter, the back of the shoe deforms quickly.
Meșterul a înlocuit forțul uzat cu unul nou, din piele mai groasă.
The craftsman replaced the worn counter with a new one, made of thicker leather.
Calitatea forțurilor folosite la fabricarea încălțămintei influențează direct durabilitatea și confortul purtătorului.
The quality of the counters used in shoemaking directly affects the wearer's comfort and how long the shoes last.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | forț | forțuri |
| Genitive | forțului | forțurilor |
| Accusative | forț | forțuri |
| Vocative | forțule | forțurilor |
Word family
Etymology
Forț is a narrow trade term from Romanian shoemaking, distinct from the everyday word forță (force) and the verb a forța (to force), even though all three trace back to the same Latin root for strength. It names the stiff insert, once leather or cardboard, now often plastic, that a shoemaker fits into the back of a shoe to hold the heel's shape. The word entered Romanian craft vocabulary through French, which supplied much of the technical language for trades like shoemaking and tailoring in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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