forte

Etymology 1
Borrowed 1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French; disyllabic pronunciation by association with, from. .

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.
 * 1) The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:forte

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, силна страна
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: stærke side, styrke
 * Faroese: styrki
 * Finnish:, vahva puoli
 * German: starke Seite,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, punto forte
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish: mocna strona
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: си́льная сторона́,
 * Spanish:, punto fuerte
 * Swedish: stark sida, ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

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, the Unicode character 1D191.)
 * This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:

Adverb

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: форте
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1) A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
 * This forte marks the climax of the second movement.

Etymology 1
From, , see.

Noun

 * 1)  open space in a village
 * 2)  enclosed cattle path

Etymology 2
From, from.

Adverb

 * , loudly

Adverb

 * 1) strongly

Etymology 1
From, from , from , , from.

Adjective

 * 1) strong

Etymology 2
From, "strong place".

Noun

 * 1) fortress

Etymology
From, from , , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) fort, fortress
 * 2) a strength or talent
 * La chimica non è il mio forte 
 * La chimica non è il mio forte 

Adjective

 * 1) strong
 * 2)  stressed
 * 1)  stressed

Etymology 1
From the ablative of.

Adverb

 * 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
 * 1) as it (just so) happens/happened

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
, from, , from.

Adjective

 * 1) ;  capable of producing great physical force
 * 2)  ; fast moving etc.

Etymology
, from, from , , from.

Noun

 * 1) strength pronounced quality, strong suit
 * 2) fortress

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
 * 4)  fat
 * 1)  fat
 * 1)  fat

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) strong, powerful

Adverb

 * 1) strongly

Etymology
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Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1)   loudly

Noun

 * 1)   passage to be played loudly