forte
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed 1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French; disyllabic pronunciation by association with Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).[1] Doublet of fort and fortis.
Pronunciation
- (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]
Noun
forte (plural fortes)
- A strength or talent.
- He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, 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.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:forte
Translations
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian forte (“strong”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.teɪ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (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]
Adjective
forte (not comparable)
- (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.
Translations
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Adverb
forte (not comparable)
- (music) Loudly.
- The musicians played the passage forte.
Related terms
- fortepiano
- fortissimo
- fortississimo
- mezzo forte
- pianoforte
Translations
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Noun
forte (plural fortes)
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- This forte marks the climax of the second movement.
See also
- piano
Related terms
- dagesh forte
- eau forte
- peine forte et dure
- piano-forte
- powder-forte
References
- “forte”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (which notates force words like this noun /ɔr, oʊr/, vs north words like this adjective as just /ɔr/)
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “forte”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume II (D–Hoon), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “forte”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume II (D–Hoon), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- Foret, fetor, frote, ofter
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɒːd̥ə]
Etymology 1
From Old Danish forta, fortæ (“space around a horse”), see fortov (“pavement”).
Noun
forte c (singular definite forten, plural indefinite forter)
- (historical) open space in a village
- (historical) enclosed cattle path
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | forte | forten | forter | forterne |
genitive | fortes | fortens | forters | forternes |
Further reading
- “Forte,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 2
From Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).
Adverb
forte
- (music) forte, loudly
- Antonym: piano
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈforte/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: for‧te
Adverb
forte
- strongly
Related terms
- forta
- forto
- malforta
- perforto
See also
- fortika
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔʁt/
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Adjective
forte f sg
- feminine singular of fort
Anagrams
- foret, forêt
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾte̝/
Adjective
forte m or f (plural fortes)
- strong
Etymology 2
From praza forte, "strong place".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾte̝/
Noun
forte m (plural fortes)
- fortress
References
- “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.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.te/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrte
- Hyphenation: fòr‧te
Noun
forte m (plural forti)
- fort, fortress
- Synonyms: fortezza, fortilizio, fortino, bicocca, piazzaforte, roccaforte, ridotta
- a strength or talent
- La chimica non è il mio forte
Adjective
forte (plural forti, superlative fortissimo)
- strong
- Sono alto e forte. ― I am tall and strong.
- (linguistics) stressed
- vocali forti ― stressed vowel
Synonyms
- robusto
Antonyms
- debole
Related terms
- fortemente
- fortezza
- fortificare
- forza
Further reading
- forte in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
Latin
Etymology 1
From the ablative of fors (“chance, luck”).
Noun
forte
- ablative singular of fors
Adverb
forte (not comparable)
- by chance, accidentally
- Synonym: temere
- once, once upon a time
- perhaps, perchance,
- as luck would have it
- as it (just so) happens/happened
Synonyms
- (by chance): fortuītō
- (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis
Related terms
- fors
- forsan
- forsit
- forsitan
- fortasse
- fortassis
- fortuītō
- fortuītus
- fortūna
Etymology 2
From fortis.
Adjective
forte
- nominative/vocative/accusative singular neuter of fortis
References
- “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
- (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
Norman
Adjective
forte f
- feminine singular of fort
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
forte
- definite singular of fort
- plural of fort
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.te/
Adjective
forte m or f (plural fortes)
- strong; powerful (capable of producing great physical force)
- (of wind, water, etc.) strong; fast moving etc.
- (of a disease or symptom) strong; severe
Related terms
- fortaleza
- fortemente
Descendants
- Fala: forti
- Galician: forte
- Portuguese: forte
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfɔχ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɻ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.t(ɨ)/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔh.tɪ/, /fɔhtʲ/, /fɔʈʲ/
Noun
forte m (plural fortes)
- strength (pronounced quality), strong suit
- fortress
Adjective
forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable, comparative maisforte, superlative o maisforte or fortíssimo, diminutive fortinho, augmentative fortão)
- capable of producing great force; strong; forceful
- O homem forte levantou o carro.
- The strong man lifted the car.
- capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
- highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong
- Senti um cheiro muito forte.
- I smelled a very strong odor.
- (euphemistic) fat
Related terms
- força
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian forte or Latin fortis.
Adjective
forte m or f or n (indeclinable)
- strong, powerful
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | forte | forte | forte | forte | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | forte | forte | forte | forte | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Adverb
forte
- strongly
Spanish
Adjective
forte (plural fortes)
- (music) forte
Adverb
forte
- (music) forte
Noun
forte m (plural fortes)
- (music) forte
Further reading
- “forte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014