Associations to the word «Forte»

Wiktionary

FORTE, noun. A strength or talent.
FORTE, noun. The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
FORTE, adjective. (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.)
FORTE, adverb. (music) Loudly.
FORTE, noun. A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
FORTÉ, adjective. (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, unicode character 1D141)

Dictionary definition

FORTE, noun. An asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte".
FORTE, noun. (music) loud.
FORTE, noun. The stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible.
FORTE, adverb. Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly.
FORTE, adjective. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition".

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