forte
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed 1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French; disyllabic pronunciation by association with Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).[1] Doublet of fort and fortis.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːteɪ/, /ˈfɔːti/, /fɔːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹteɪ/, /ˈfɔɹti/, /fɔɹt/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
NounEdit
forte (plural fortes)
- A strength or talent.
- He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
SynonymsEdit
- See Thesaurus:forte
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Italian forte (“strong”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.teɪ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.teɪ/[1]
AdjectiveEdit
forte (comparative fortissimo, superlative fortississimo)
- (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.
TranslationsEdit
AdverbEdit
forte (comparative fortissimo, superlative fortississimo)
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TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
forte (plural fortes)
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- This forte marks the climax of the second movement.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “forte” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Danish forta, fortæ (“space around a horse”), see fortov (“pavement”).
NounEdit
forte c (singular definite forten, plural indefinite forter)
- (historical) open space in a village
- (historical) enclosed cattle path
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).
AdverbEdit
forte
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
forte
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FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
forte
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
forte m or f (plural fortes)
Etymology 2Edit
From praza forte, "strong place".
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
forte m (plural fortes)
ReferencesEdit
- “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.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin fortis, fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
forte m (plural forti)
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
forte (masculine and feminine plural forti)
- strong
- (linguistics) stressed
- vocali forti ― stressed vowel
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LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the ablative of fors (“chance, luck”).
NounEdit
forte
AdverbEdit
forte (not comparable)
- by chance, accidentally
- once, once upon a time
- perhaps, perchance,
- as luck would have it
- as it (just so) happens/happened
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Etymology 2Edit
From fortis.
AdjectiveEdit
forte
- nominative singular neuter of fortis
- vocative singular neuter of fortis
- accusative singular neuter of fortis
ReferencesEdit
- 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
- (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
NormanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
forte f
Norwegian NynorskEdit
AdjectiveEdit
forte
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
forte m or f (plural fortes)
- strong; powerful (capable of producing great physical force)
- (of wind, water, etc.) strong; fast moving etc.
- (of a disease or symptom) strong; severe
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PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
forte m (plural fortes)
- strength (pronounced quality), strong suit
- fortress
AdjectiveEdit
forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable)
- capable of producing great force; strong; forceful
- O homem forte levantou o carro.
- The strong man lifted the car.
- capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
- highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong
- Senti um cheiro muito forte.
- I smelled a very strong odor.
- (euphemistic) fat
InflectionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | forte | forte | fortes | fortes |
comparative | mais forte | mais forte | mais fortes | mais fortes |
superlative | o mais forte fortíssimo |
a mais forte fortíssima |
os mais fortes fortíssimos |
as mais fortes fortíssimas |
augmentative | fortão | fortona | fortões | fortonas |
diminutive | fortinho | fortinha | fortinhos | fortinhas |