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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

Adverb

fortissimo (not comparable)

1. (music) Indicating that the piece is played very loud.

Translations

Noun

fortissimo (plural fortissimos or fortissimi)

1. (music) The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo. Abbreviation: ff.

French

Etymology

From Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.ti.si.mo/

Adverb

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

Further reading

• “fortissimo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

forte +? -issimo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /for?tis.si.mo/

Adjective

fortissimo m (feminine singular fortissima, masculine plural fortissimi, feminine plural fortissime)

1. superlative degree of forte
2. (music) Very loud
3. Very strong, bright, tough or severe

Derived terms

• fortissimamente

Adverb

fortissimo

1. superlative degree of forte

Antonyms

• pianissimo

Further reading

• fortissimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

fortissim?

1. dative masculine singular of fortissimus
2. dative neuter singular of fortissimus
3. ablative masculine singular of fortissimus
4. ablative neuter singular of fortissimus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ff (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

Adverb

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

Noun

fortissimo m (definite singular fortissimoen, indefinite plural fortissimoer, definite plural fortissimoene)

1. (music) a fortissimo

References

• “fortissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ff (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed rom Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

Adverb

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

Noun

fortissimo m (definite singular fortissimoen, indefinite plural fortissimoar, definite plural fortissimoane)

1. (music) a fortissimo

References

• “fortissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

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): /?f??te?/, /?f??ti/, /f??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??te?/, /?f??ti/, /f??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)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): /?f??.te?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??.te?/

Adjective

forte (comparative fortissimo, superlative fortississimo)

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 (comparative fortissimo, superlative fortississimo)

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.

See also

• piano

References

Anagrams

• Foret, fetor, frote, ofter

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f??d??]

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): /?forte/
• Hyphenation: for?te

Adverb

forte

1. strongly

Related terms

• forta
• forto
• malforta
• perforto

See also

• fortika

French

Adjective

forte

1. feminine singular of fort

Anagrams

• foret, forêt

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??te?/

Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes)

1. strong

Etymology 2

From praza forte, "strong place".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??te?/

Noun

forte m (plural fortes)

1. fortress

References

• “forte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “forte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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 fortis, fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fòrte, IPA^(key): /?f?r.te/
• Rhymes: -?rte

Noun

forte m (plural forti)

1. fort, fortress

   Synonyms: fortezza, fortilizio, fortino, bicocca, piazzaforte, roccaforte, ridotta

Adjective

forte (plural forti)

1. strong
2. (linguistics) stressed

Synonyms

• robusto

Antonyms

• debole

Related terms

• fortemente
• fortezza
• fortificare
• forza

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
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): fortu?t?
• (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis

Related terms

Etymology 2

From fortis.

Adjective

forte

1. nominative singular neuter of fortis
2. vocative singular neuter of fortis
3. 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, 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 Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??.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

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?f??.t?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?f??.t??i/, [?f??.t???]
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /?f?h.t?/, /f?ht?/, /f???/

Noun

forte m (plural fortes)

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

Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable)

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

Inflection

Related terms

• força