forte

Borrowed 1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French; disyllabic pronunciation by association with Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).[1] Doublet of fort and fortis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːteɪ/, /ˈfɔːti/, /fɔːt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹ.teɪ/, /ˈfoɹti/, /foɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /ˈfoːɹt/[2][1] or IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)t/[3]

forte (plural fortes)

1. A strength or talent.

   He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 115:

     Between ourselves, the country is rather triste, and you have given me positively a sensation; yet my forte is not the Arcadian: however, I will do my petit possible to console you for the loss of le beau Lindor, who was my predecessor.

2. The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.

• See Thesaurus:forte

Borrowed from Italian forte (“strong”).[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.teɪ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹ.teɪ/[1]
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /ˈfoːɹ.teɪ/[4] or IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ).teɪ/[5][1]

Forte notation.

forte (not comparable)

1. (music) Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191.)

   This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.

forte (not comparable)

1. (music) Loudly.

   The musicians played the passage forte.

• fortepiano
• fortissimo
• fortississimo
• mezzo forte
• pianoforte

forte (plural fortes)

1. A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.

   This forte marks the climax of the second movement.

• piano

• Foret, fetor, frote, ofter

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒːd̥ə]

From Old Danish forta, fortæ (“space around a horse”), see fortov (“pavement”).

forte c (singular definite forten, plural indefinite forter)

1. (historical) open space in a village
2. (historical) enclosed cattle path

• “Forte,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).

forte

1. (music) forte, loudly

   Antonym: piano

• IPA^(key): /ˈforte/

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• Hyphenation: for‧te

forte

1. strongly

• forta
• forto
• malforta
• perforto

• fortika

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁt/

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forte f sg

1. feminine singular of fort

• foret, forêt

From Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾte̝/

forte m or f (plural fortes)

1. strong

From praza forte, "strong place".

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾte̝/

forte m (plural fortes)

1. fortress

• “forte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “forte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “forte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “forte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Latin fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.te/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: fòr‧te

forte m (plural forti)

1. fort, fortress

   Synonyms: fortezza, fortilizio, fortino, bicocca, piazzaforte, roccaforte, ridotta

2. a strength or talent

   La chimica non è il mio forte

forte (plural forti, superlative fortissimo)

1. strong

   Sono alto e forte. ― I am tall and strong.

2. (linguistics) stressed

   vocali forti ― stressed vowel

• robusto

• debole

• fortemente
• fortezza
• fortificare
• forza

• forte in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica

From the ablative of fors (“chance, luck”).

forte

1. ablative singular of fors

forte (not comparable)

1. by chance, accidentally

   Synonym: temere

2. once, once upon a time
3. perhaps, perchance
4. as luck would have it
5. as it (just so) happens/happened

• (by chance): fortuītō
• (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis

From fortis.

forte

1. nominative/vocative/accusative singular neuter of fortis

• “forte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “forte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• forte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• forte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    

forte f

1. feminine singular of fort

forte

1. definite singular of fort
2. plural of fort

Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.te/

forte m or f (plural fortes)

1. strong; powerful (capable of producing great physical force)
2. (of wind, water, etc.) strong; fast moving etc.
3. (of a disease or symptom) strong; severe

• fortaleza
• fortemente

• Fala: forti
• Galician: forte
• Portuguese: forte

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔh.tɪ/, /fɔhtʲ/, /fɔʈʲ/
• Hyphenation: for‧te

forte m (plural fortes)

1. strength (pronounced quality), strong suit
2. fortress

   Synonym: fortaleza

forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable, comparative mais forte, superlative o mais forte or fortíssimo, diminutive fortinho, augmentative fortão)

1. capable of producing great force; strong; forceful

   O homem forte levantou o carro.

   The strong man lifted the car.

2. capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
3. highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong

   Senti um cheiro muito forte.

   I smelled a very strong odor.

4. (euphemistic) fat

   Synonym: gordo

Borrowed from Italian forte or Latin fortis.

forte m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. strong, powerful

forte

1. strongly

Borrowed from Italian forte. Doublet of fuerte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾte/ [ˈfoɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: for‧te

forte m or f (masculine and feminine plural fortes)

1. (music) forte

forte

1. (music) forte

forte m (plural fortes)

1. (music) forte

• “forte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Italian forte.

forte (not comparable)

1. (music) forte (loudly)

forte n

1. (music) forte (passage to be played loudly)

• forte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• forte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• forte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)