Forte

Noun

 * 1) A strength or talent.
 * He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
 * 1) The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
 * 2) 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, {f.}, to indicate raising the volume of the music.  (abbreviated in musical notation with an f, unicode character 1D191)
 * This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.

Adverb

 * 1)  loudly
 * The musicians played the passage forte.

Synonyms for Forte
strong point, talent, skill, knack, genius, feature.

Antonyms for Forte
incompetence, clumsiness, impotence.

Thesaurus
a cappella, abbandono, ability, ableness, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, aloud, amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, aptitude, area, bag, booming, brillante, bump, caliber, capability, capacity, capriccioso, competence, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo, cup of tea, deafening, decrescendo, diminuendo, dolce, dower, dowry, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, effectiveness, efficiency, endowment, equipment, faculty, field, flair, fortemente, fortissimo, full, genius, gift, in full cry, instinct, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero, line, long suit, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly, lustily, main interest, makings, manner, marcando, medium, metier, morendo, natural endowment, natural gift, noisily, oyster, parlando, parts, pealing, pet subject, pianissimo, piano, piercing, pizzicato, plangent, potential, power, powers, prestissimo, presto, pursuit, qualification, rallentando, resounding, resoundingly, ringing, ringingly, ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, sonorous, sordo, sotto voce, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, spiccato, staccato, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, strength, stretto, strong flair, strong point, style, talent, talents, technicality, the goods, the stuff, thing, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, type, uproariously, vocation, way, weakness, what it takes, window-rattling

Etymology 1
From fort:, from  fortis:.

Pronunciation

 * or or
 * or or

Traditionally pronounced by purists with only one syllable (like fort), it comes from a French noun. Often confused in usage with forte, a two-syllable word coming from Italian. The two words are considered Heteronyms in written English only if the accent mark is dropped. Without the accent mark its proper pronunciation must be gleaned from context, often leading to mispronunciation.

Etymology 2
From forte:.

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 長處, 长处
 * Finnish: vahvuus, vahva puoli


 * German: starke Seite
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 強み
 * Russian: сильная сторона


 * Hungarian: 

Adjective

 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:

Adverb

 * Bulgarian: форте
 * Finnish:, ,


 * German:
 * Hungarian:

Related terms

 * fortepiano
 * fortissimo
 * fortississimo
 * mezzo forte
 * pianoforte

Anagrams

 * fetor
 * ofter

Adverb

 * 1) strongly

Anagrams

 * foret, forêt

Etymology
From fortis:.

Adjective

 * 1) strong

Etymology
From fortis:, fortem.

Adjective

 * 1) strong
 * 2)  stressed
 * vocali forti - stressed vowel

Synonyms

 * robusto

Antonyms

 * debole

Related terms

 * fortemente
 * fortezza
 * fortificare
 * forza

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

 * fōrtuītō
 * fōrsit, fōrsitan, fōrtasse, fōrtassis

Related terms

 * fōrs
 * fōrsan
 * fōrsit


 * fōrsitan
 * fōrtasse
 * fōrtassis


 * fōrtuītō
 * fōrtuītus
 * fōrtūna

Etymology
From fortis:.

Adjective

 * 1) Capable of producing great force; strong; forceful.
 * 2) Capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable.
 * 3) Highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong.