User:Dmh/forte

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English

Etymologies

  1. From French fort, strong, from Latin fortis, strong.
  2. From Italian forte, strong, also from Latin fortis, strong.

Pronunciations

  1. IPA: (UK)/fɔt/ (US)/fɔɻt/
  2. IPA: (UK)/fɔtˈeɪ/ (US)/fɔɻtˈeɪ/
  3. IPA: (UK)/ˈfɔteɪ/ (US)/ˈfɔɻteɪ/

Noun

forte (plural, fortes)

  1. (etymology 1, pronunciation 1 or 2) A strength or talent
    He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
  2. (etymology 1, pronunciation 1) The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
  3. (etymology 2, pronunciation 3) A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
    This forte marks the climax of the second movement.


Adjective

  1. (music, etymology 2, pronuncation 3) Loud (abbreviated in musical notation with an f, unicode character 1D141)
    This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.

Adverb

  1. (music, etymology 2, pronuncation 3) Loudly
    The musicians played the passage forte.

Translations

See also

French

Adjective

forte f

  1. female form of fort, powerful, strong

Italian

Adjective

  1. strong.