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forte

noun
/ˈfɔːteɪ/UK/ˈfoɹ.teɪ/US/ˈfoːɹt//ˈfoɹteɪ/US/ˈfoːɹteɪ/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from fortis

Definitions

  1. A strength or talent

    A strength or talent; a strong point.

    • He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
    • 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.

  3. Loudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.

    • (abbreviation) f
    • The musicians played the passage forte.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Loud.

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

    2. A passage in music to be played loudly

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

      • This forte marks the climax of the second movement.

    3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA