Borrowed 1640–50; earlierfort forte Latin fortis ( “ strong ” ) .[ 1] Doublet offort fortis
forte (plural fortes
Astrength ortalent ; astrong point .He writes respectably, but poetry is not hisforte .
1837 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , chapter XV, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [ … ] , volume II, London:Henry Colburn , [ … ] →OCLC page115 :Between ourselves, the country is rathertriste , and you have given me positively a sensation; yet myforte is not the Arcadian: however, I will do mypetit possible to console you for the loss ofle beau Lindor , who was my predecessor.
The strong part of asword blade , close to thehilt . strength or talent
Bulgarian:си́ла (bg) f ( síla ) ,силна страна f ( silna strana ) Chinese:Mandarin:長處 / 长处 (zh) ( chángchu ) ,強項 / 强项 (zh) ( qiángxiàng ) Danish:stærke side styrke c Faroese:styrki f Finnish:vahvuus (fi) ,vahva puoli German:starke Seite f Stärke (de) f Hungarian:erősség (hu) Italian:forte (it) m punto forte m Japanese:強み (ja) ( つよみ, tsuyomi ) Lithuanian:stiprybė (lt) f Polish:mocna strona f Portuguese:forte (pt) m Russian:си́льная сторона́ f ( sílʹnaja storoná ) ,си́ла (ru) f ( síla ) Spanish:fuerte (es) m punto fuerte m Swedish:stark sida c styrka (sv) c paradgren (sv) c
the strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt
Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Finnish:juuri (fi) Hungarian:erős (hu) Russian:please add this translation if you can
Borrowed fromItalian forte ( “ strong ” ) .[ 1]
Forte notation. forte (comparative moreforte ,superlative mostforte )
( music ) Loudly , as adynamic in a piece of music.( abbreviation ) f The musicians played the passageforte .
forte (comparative moreforte ,superlative mostforte )
( music ) Loud .forte (plural fortes
Apassage inmusic to beplayed loudly ; a loud section of music.Thisforte marks the climax of the secondmovement . terms containing the word "forte" (could be from any etymology above, or etymologically unrelated)
↑1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “forte ”, inDictionary.com Unabridged ,Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present. force words like this noun /ɔr, oʊr/, vsnorth words like this adjective as just /ɔr/)↑2.0 2.1 William Dwight Whitney andBenjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1914 ), “forte”, inThe Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language The Century Co. ,→OCLC FromOld Danish forta fortæ ( “ space around a horse ” ) , seefortov ( “ pavement ” ) .
forte c singular definite forten plural indefinite forter
( historical ) space in avillage ( historical ) enclosed cattle path FromItalian forte Latin fortis ( “ strong ” ) .
forte
( music ) forte loudly Antonym: piano forte
strongly forte f sg
feminine singular offort IPA (key ) : /ˈfɔɾte/ [ˈfɔɾ.t̪ɪ] Rhymes:-ɔɾte Hyphenation:for‧te FromOld Galician-Portuguese forte Latin fortis, fortem ( “ strong ” ) , fromOld Latin forctis fortis Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ( “ to rise, high, hill ” ) .
forte m or f plural fortes
strong Frompraza forte
forte m plural fortes
fortress Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “forte ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “forte ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “forte ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “forte ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega “forte ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2026 “forte ”, inDicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 FromLatin fortem Old Latin forctis fortis Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ( “ to rise, high, hill ” ) .
forte m plural forti
fort ,fortress Synonyms: fortezza fortilizio fortino bicocca piazzaforte roccaforte ridotta astrength ortalent La chimica non è il mioforte (please add an English translation of this usage example) forte m or f by sense plural forti superlative fortissimo
strong Sono alto eforte . ―I am tall andstrong . loud Synonym: alto ( linguistics ) stressed vocaliforti ―stressed vowelforte inDizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica From the ablative singular offors ( “ chance, luck ” ) .
forte
ablative singular offors forte (notcomparable )
bychance ,accidentally Synonym: fortuītō 160BCE ,
Publius Terentius Afer ,
Adelphoe 739–741 :
Ita vītāst hominum quasi quom lūdās tesserīs: / sī illud quod maxumē opus est iactū nōn cadit, / illud quod ceciditforte , id arte ut corrigās. In this way, human life is like when you play with dice: if [the number] most needed does not fall by a throw, instead you must artfully make the best of the one that fellby chance . once ,once upon a time perhaps ,perchance Synonyms: forsit forsitan fortāsse fortāssis as luck would have itSynonym: temere as it (just so) happens/happened See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
forte
nominative / vocative / accusative singular neuter offortis “forte Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “forte Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "forte ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis “forte ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894 ),Latin Phrase-Book [1] Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere forte f
feminine singular offort forte
definite singular offort plural offort Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] Inherited fromLatin fortem ( “ strong ” ) , fromOld Latin forctis fortis Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ( “ to rise, high, hill ” ) .
forte m or f by sense plural fortes
strong powerful ( capable of producing great physical force ) ( of wind, water, etc. ) strong ( of a disease or symptom ) strong severe fortified (of a castle)Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese forte Latin fortis ( “ strong ” ) , fromOld Latin forctis fortis Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ( “ to rise, high, hill ” ) .
forte m plural fortes
strength ( pronounced quality ) ,strong suit fortress Synonym: fortaleza forte m or f plural fortes comparable comparative mais forte superlative o mais forte or fortíssimo diminutive fortinho augmentative fortão
capable ofproducing greatforce ;strong ;forceful O homemforte levantou o carro. Thestrong man lifted the car. capable ofwithstanding greatforce ;strong ;durable highlystimulating to thesenses ;intense ;extreme ;strong Senti um cheiro muitoforte . I smelled a verystrong odor. ( euphemistic ) fat Synonym: gordo “forte ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa 2026 ,→ISBN “forte ”, inDicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa 2026 “forte ”, inDicionário da Língua Portuguesa 2026 “forte ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa 2026 “forte ”, inDicionário Aulete Digital 2026 Borrowed fromItalian forte Latin fortis
forte m or f or n indeclinable )
strong ,powerful Declension offorte (invariable) singular plural masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine nominative- indefinite forte forte forte forte definite — — — — genitive- indefinite forte forte forte forte definite — — — —
forte
strongly Borrowed fromItalian forte Doublet offuerte
IPA (key ) : /ˈfoɾte/ [ˈfoɾ.t̪e] Rhymes:-oɾte Syllabification:for‧te forte m or f masculine and feminine plural fortes
( music ) forte forte
( music ) forte forte m plural fortes
( music ) forte Borrowed fromItalian forte
forte notcomparable )
( music ) forte ( loudly ) forte n
( music ) forte ( passage to be played loudly ) 
