forte adj : used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition" [syn: loud] [ant: piano]

1 an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" [syn: strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength] [ant: weak point]

2 (music) with great loudness [syn: fortissimo]

3 the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible adv : used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly [syn: loudly] [ant: piano]

English

Etymology 1

From fort, from fortis.

Pronunciation

• a UK /fɔt/ or /fɔtˈeɪ/ or /ˈfɔteɪ/
• a US /fɔɻt/ or /fɔɻtˈeɪ/ or /ˈfɔɻteɪ/

Usually pronounced as two syllables, with stress on either syllable; but self-described purists will frequently pronounce the "strength" sense as one syllable, reflecting the pronunciation of its French source word. .

Noun

1. A strength or talent.

   He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.

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

Translations

Etymology 2

From forte.

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈfɔteɪ/
• a US /ˈfɔɻteɪ/

Noun

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

   This forte marks the climax of the second movement.

Adjective

1. Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, , to indicate raising the volume of the music. (abbreviated in musical notation with an f, unicode character 1D141)

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

Translations

Adverb

1. loudly

   The musicians played the passage forte.

Translations

Related terms

• fortepiano
• fortissimo
• fortississimo
• mezzo forte
• pianoforte

See also

• piano

References

Esperanto

Adverb

1. strongly

French

Adjective

1. feminine of fort

Italian

Etymology

From fortis

Pronunciation

• , /ˈfɔrte/, /"fOrte/

Adjective

1. strong
2. stressed

   vocali forti - stressed vowel

Synonyms

• robusto

Antonyms

• debole

Related terms

• fortemente
• fortezza
• fortificare
• forza

Latin

Etymology

From the ablative of fors

Adverb

1. by chance, accidentally
2. once, once upon a time
3. perhaps, perchance, as luck would have it

Synonyms

• sense by chance fōrtuītō
• sense perhaps fōrsit, fōrsitan, fōrtasse, fōrtassis

Related terms

• fōrs
• fōrsan
• fōrsit
• fōrsitan
• fōrtasse
• fōrtassis
• fōrtuītō
• fōrtuītus
• fōrtūna

References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Portuguese

Adjective

1. strong

Forte/Forté may refer to:

• Forte, an individual's strongest talent or greatest strength ("Preparing gourmet cuisine is his forte")
• Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong"
• Forte (fencing), a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade
• Forte (film), a defunct manufacturer of sheet film
• Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm

People

Forte/Forté is a human surname of:

• Allen Forte (1926-), an American music theorist and musicologist
• Bruno Forte (1949-), an Italian theologian and ecclesiastic
• Charles Forte, Baron Forte (1908-2007), a famous hotelier
• Sir Rocco Forte, son of Charles Forte, Baron Forte who inherited the hotel business
• John Forté (1975-), an imprisoned musician.
• Joe Forte, an American writer and painter
• Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte, an American professional basketball player
• Will Forte (1970-), Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV, a cast member of Saturday Night Live
• Jonathan Forte (1985-), an English football player, playing for Scunthorpe United F.C.

Fictional characters

In some fictional stories, writers choose to use fanciful words such as Forte or Forté as given names. Characters with such names include:

• Forté, a character in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
• Bass (Mega Man), a fictional video game character whose name in Japan is "Forte"
• Bass.EXE, a fictional character from the MegaMan NT Warrior series who is based of his video game counterpart. His name in Japan is also "Forte"
• Forte Stollen, a fictional character from the Galaxy Angel anime
• The dog named Forte appears on Quintet.

Technology

• FORTE (satellite), the Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events satellite
• Forte 4GL, a proprietary application server
• Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system
• Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems

Company

• Forte Land, a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China
• Forte Group, a former British hotel company
• Forte Films, an up and coming video production company

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