HOW TO PRONOUNCE
forte
/ˈfoɹ.teɪ/
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What does forte mean?
noun
- A strength or talent; a strong point.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
adverb
- Loudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Loud.
noun
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfoɹ.teɪ/
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Mais ce voyage me restera toujours en mémoire parce que c’est là que se fixa défenitivement notre forte amitié.
But when the peine forte et dure is over, the antique sincerity of the venerable sufferer always reasserts itself.
More book examples (3)
Non alio pacto, quam si, pes cum dolet ægri, In nullo caput interea sit forte dolore.
She could cook flying-fish, she thought, but her forte was dressing bacalhao.
"A brilliant conversationalist," she had heard herself called when fifteen, and the art of conversation, hitherto far from neglected, became by choice and practice her forte.