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pianoforte
English
Alternative forms
- piano-forte
Etymology
From Italian pianoforte.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pi?æn???f??te?/, /pi?æn???f??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /pi?æn?f??t/, /pi?æn??f??te?/, /pi?æn??f??ti/
Noun
pianoforte (plural pianofortes or pianoforti)
- (music, dated) A piano. [from 1767]
Derived terms
- piano
- pianofortist
Translations
Further reading
- piano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fortepiano
Italian
Etymology
piano +? forte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pja.no?f?r.te/
- Rhymes: -?rte
Noun
pianoforte m (plural pianoforti)
- (music) piano, pianoforte
Descendants
- ? English: pianoforte
Further reading
- pianoforte on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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forte
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)
- A strength or talent.
- He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
- 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)
- (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)
- (music) Loudly.
- The musicians played the passage forte.
Related terms
- fortepiano
- fortissimo
- fortississimo
- mezzo forte
- pianoforte
Translations
Noun
forte (plural fortes)
- 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)
- (historical) open space in a village
- (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
- (music) forte, loudly
- Antonym: piano
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?forte/
- Hyphenation: for?te
Adverb
forte
- strongly
Related terms
- forta
- forto
- malforta
- perforto
See also
- fortika
French
Adjective
forte
- 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)
- strong
Etymology 2
From praza forte, "strong place".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??te?/
Noun
forte m (plural fortes)
- 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)
- fort, fortress
- Synonyms: fortezza, fortilizio, fortino, bicocca, piazzaforte, roccaforte, ridotta
Adjective
forte (plural forti)
- strong
- (linguistics) stressed
Synonyms
- robusto
Antonyms
- debole
Related terms
- fortemente
- fortezza
- fortificare
- forza
Latin
Etymology 1
From the ablative of fors (“chance, luck”).
Noun
forte
- ablative singular of fors
Adverb
forte (not comparable)
- by chance, accidentally
- once, once upon a time
- perhaps, perchance,
- as luck would have it
- as it (just so) happens/happened
Synonyms
- (by chance): fortu?t?
- (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis
Related terms
Etymology 2
From fortis.
Adjective
forte
- nominative singular neuter of fortis
- vocative singular neuter of fortis
- 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
- feminine singular of fort
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
forte
- definite singular of fort
- 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)
- strong; powerful (capable of producing great physical force)
- (of wind, water, etc.) strong; fast moving etc.
- (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)
- strength (pronounced quality), strong suit
- fortress
Adjective
forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable)
- capable of producing great force; strong; forceful
- capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
- highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong
- (euphemistic) fat
Inflection
Related terms
- força
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