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Meaning of forte

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

forte

Pronunciation:/fɔːt//fɔɹt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A strength or talent.

    Example: He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.

  2. The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.

forte

Pronunciation:/ˈfɔː.teɪ//ˈfɔɹ.teɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.

adjective

Definitions

  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.)

adverb

Definitions

  1. Loudly.

    Example: The musicians played the passage forte.