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5-letter words (3 found)

FETOR,FORTE,OFTER,

4-letter words (10 found)

FORE,FORT,FRET,FROE,ORFE,REFT,ROTE,TERF,TORE,TREF,

3-letter words (19 found)

EFT,ERF,FER,FET,FOE,FOR,FRO,OFT,ORE,ORF,ORT,REF,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TEF,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (10 found)

EF,ER,ET,FE,OE,OF,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from forte according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of forte

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Definitions and meaning of forte

forte

Etymology 1

Borrowed 1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French; disyllabic pronunciation by association with Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fort and fortis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːteɪ/, /ˈfɔːti/, /fɔːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹ.teɪ/, /ˈfoɹti/, /foɹt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • (without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA(key): /ˈfoːɹt/ or IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)t/

Noun

forte (plural fortes)

  1. A strength or talent.
    He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
  2. The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:forte
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian forte (“strong”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.teɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹ.teɪ/
  • (without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA(key): /ˈfoːɹ.teɪ/ or IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ).teɪ/

Adjective

forte (not comparable)

  1. (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.
Translations

Adverb

forte (not comparable)

  1. (music) Loudly.
    The musicians played the passage forte.
Related terms
  • fortepiano
  • fortissimo
  • fortississimo
  • mezzo forte
  • pianoforte
Translations

Noun

forte (plural fortes)

  1. A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
    This forte marks the climax of the second movement.
Related terms
See also
  • piano

References

Anagrams

  • Foret, fetor, frote, ofter

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒːd̥ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish forta, fortæ (“space around a horse”), see fortov (“pavement”).

Noun

forte c (singular definite forten, plural indefinite forter)

  1. (historical) open space in a village
  2. (historical) enclosed cattle path
Declension
Further reading
  • “Forte,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).

Adverb

forte

  1. (music) forte, loudly
    Antonym: piano

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈforte/
  • Hyphenation: for‧te

Adverb

forte

  1. strongly

Related terms

  • forta
  • forto
  • malforta
  • perforto

See also

  • fortika

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁt/

Adjective

forte f sg

  1. feminine singular of fort

Anagrams

  • foret, forêt

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾte̝/

Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes)

  1. strong
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From praza forte, "strong place".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾte̝/

Noun

forte m (plural fortes)

  1. fortress

References

  • “forte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “forte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “forte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “forte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrte
  • Hyphenation: fòr‧te

Noun

forte m (plural forti)

  1. fort, fortress
    Synonyms: fortezza, fortilizio, fortino, bicocca, piazzaforte, roccaforte, ridotta
  2. a strength or talent
    La chimica non è il mio forte

Adjective

forte (plural forti, superlative fortissimo)

  1. strong
    Sono alto e forte. ― I am tall and strong.
  2. (linguistics) stressed
    vocali forti ― stressed vowel

Synonyms

  • robusto

Antonyms

  • debole

Related terms

  • fortemente
  • fortezza
  • fortificare
  • forza

Further reading

  • forte in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica

Latin

Etymology 1

From the ablative of fors (“chance, luck”).

Noun

forte

  1. ablative singular of fors

Adverb

forte (not comparable)

  1. by chance, accidentally
    Synonym: temere
  2. once, once upon a time
  3. perhaps, perchance
  4. as luck would have it
  5. as it (just so) happens/happened
Synonyms
  • (by chance): fortuītō
  • (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis
Related terms

Etymology 2

From fortis.

Adjective

forte

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative singular neuter of fortis

References

  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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.

Norman

Adjective

forte f

  1. feminine singular of fort

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

forte

  1. definite singular of fort
  2. plural of fort

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.te/

Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes)

  1. strong; powerful (capable of producing great physical force)
  2. (of wind, water, etc.) strong; fast moving etc.
  3. (of a disease or symptom) strong; severe

Related terms

  • fortaleza
  • fortemente

Descendants

  • Fala: forti
  • Galician: forte
  • Portuguese: forte

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔh.tɪ/, /fɔhtʲ/, /fɔʈʲ/
  • Hyphenation: for‧te

Noun

forte m (plural fortes)

  1. strength (pronounced quality), strong suit
  2. fortress
    Synonym: fortaleza

Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable, comparative mais forte, superlative o mais forte or fortíssimo, diminutive fortinho, augmentative fortão)

  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. (euphemistic) fat
    Synonym: gordo

Derived terms

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forte or Latin fortis.

Adjective

forte m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. strong, powerful

Declension

Adverb

forte

  1. strongly

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forte. Doublet of fuerte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoɾte/ [ˈfoɾ.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -oɾte
  • Syllabification: for‧te

Adjective

forte m or f (masculine and feminine plural fortes)

  1. (music) forte

Adverb

forte

  1. (music) forte

Noun

forte m (plural fortes)

  1. (music) forte

Further reading

  • “forte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forte.

Adverb

forte (not comparable)

  1. (music) forte (loudly)

Noun

forte n

  1. (music) forte (passage to be played loudly)

Declension

Further reading

  • forte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • forte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • forte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org