forte

Borrowed from either French fort (“strong”) or Portuguese forte (“strong”), from Latin fortis (“strong”).[1] Doublet of fort and fortis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːteɪ/, /ˈfɔːti/, /fɔːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹteɪ/, /ˈfɔɹti/, /fɔɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

forte (plural fortes)

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.

• See Thesaurus:forte

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.teɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.teɪ/[1]

Forte notation.

forte (comparative fortissimo, superlative fortississimo)

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 (comparative fortissimo, superlative fortississimo)

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): /ˈforte/
• Hyphenation: for‧te

forte

1. strongly

• forta
• forto
• malforta
• perforto

• fortika

forte

1. feminine singular of fort

• foret, forêt

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”).

• 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 2006-2012.
• “forte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “forte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “forte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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

• enPR: fòrte, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrte/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrte

forte m (invariable)

1. fort, fortress

• fortezza
• fortilizio
• fortino
• bicocca
• piazzaforte
• roccaforte
• ridotta

forte (masculine and feminine plural forti)

1. strong
2. (linguistics) stressed

   vocali forti ― stressed vowel

• robusto

• debole

• fortemente
• fortezza
• fortificare
• forza

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

fortē (not comparable)

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

• (by chance): fōrtuītō
• (perhaps): fōrsit, fōrsitan, fōrtasse, fōrtassis

From fōrs.

fōrte

1. ablative singular of fōrs

From fortis.

forte

1. nominative singular neuter of fortis
2. vocative singular neuter of fortis
3. 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, 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
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

forte f

1. feminine singular of fort

forte

1. definite singular of fort
2. plural of fort

From Latin fortis, 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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔχt͡ʃɪ/, /ˈfɔɾt͡ʃɪ/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔhtɪ], [ˈfɔhtʲ], [ˈfɔʈʲ]

forte m (plural fortes)

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

forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable)

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

• força