forte
Pronunciation:
/fɔːt//fɔɹt/noun
Definitions
A strength or talent.
Example: He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
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/fɔːt//fɔɹt/Definitions
A strength or talent.
Example: He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
/ˈfɔː.teɪ//ˈfɔɹ.teɪ/Definitions
A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
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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.)
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Loudly.
Example: The musicians played the passage forte.