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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Forte \Forte\ (f[=o]rt), n. [IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See
     Fort.]
     1. The strong point; that in which one excels.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The construction of a fable seems by no means the
              forte of our modern poetical writers. --Jeffrey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of
        half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Forte \For"te\ (f[^o]r"t[asl] or f[=o]r"t[asl]), adv. [It.
     forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong.] (Mus.)
     Loudly; strongly; powerfully.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Forte \Forte\ (f[=o]rt), n. [IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See
     Fort.]
     1. The strong point; that in which one excels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Forte \For"te\ (f[^o]r"t[asl] or f[=o]r"t[asl]), adv. [It.
     forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong.] (Mus.)
     Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  forte
       adj : used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the
             forte passages in the composition" [syn: loud] [ant:
             piano]
       n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
            [syn: strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty,
             speciality, strong point, strength] [ant: weak
            point]
       2: (music) with great loudness [syn: fortissimo]
       3: the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the
          foible
       adv : used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
             [syn: loudly] [ant: piano]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     Εσπεράντο adv.
     δυνατά, ισχυρά, πολύ
     Ιταλικά a.
     δυνατός, (''και'' (ετ μουσ it 0=-)) φόρτε
     Ιταλικά n.
     φρούριο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     Esperanto adv.
     strongly
     French a.
     (inflection of fr fort  f s)
     Italian a.
     1 strong
     2 (lb it linguistics) stressed
     Italian n.
     1 fort, fortress
     2 a strength or talent
     n.
     1 A strength or talent.
     2 The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
     a.
     (lb en 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.)
     adv.
     (lb en music) loudly.
     n.
     A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn fort  def s)
     2 (inflection of nn fort  p)
     Romanian a.
     strong, powerful
     Romanian adv.
     strongly
     Swedish adv.
     n (lb sv music) (l en forte) (gloss: loudly)
     Swedish n.
     n (lb sv music) (l en forte) (gloss: passage to be played loudly)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Forte
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     n.
     1 A strength or talent.
     2 The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
     a.
     (lb en 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.)
     adv.
     (lb en music) loudly.
     n.
     A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Forte
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     Esperanto adv.
     strongly
     French a.
     (inflection of fr fort  f s)
     Italian a.
     1 strong
     2 (lb it linguistics) stressed
     Italian n.
     1 fort, fortress
     2 a strength or talent
     n.
     1 A strength or talent.
     2 The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
     a.
     (lb en 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.)
     adv.
     (lb en music) loudly.
     n.
     A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
     Portuguese a.
     1 capable of produce great force; strong; forceful
     2 capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
     3 highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong
     4 (lb pt euphemism) fat
     Portuguese n.
     1 strength (gloss: pronounced quality), strong suit
     2 fortress
     Spanish a.
     (lb es music) (l en forte)
     Spanish adv.
     (lb es music) (l en forte)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es music) (l en forte)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Forte
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     Esperanto adv.
     strongly
     French a.
     (inflection of fr fort  f s)
     Italian a.
     1 strong
     2 (lb it linguistics) stressed
     Italian n.
     1 fort, fortress
     2 a strength or talent
     n.
     1 A strength or talent.
     2 The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
     a.
     (lb en 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.)
     adv.
     (lb en music) loudly.
     n.
     A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
     Portuguese a.
     1 capable of produce great force; strong; forceful
     2 capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
     3 highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong
     4 (lb pt euphemism) fat
     Portuguese n.
     1 strength (gloss: pronounced quality), strong suit
     2 fortress
     Swedish adv.
     n (lb sv music) (l en forte) (gloss: loudly)
     Swedish n.
     n (lb sv music) (l en forte) (gloss: passage to be played loudly)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Forte
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     Ido adv.
     lujasti, kovasti, vahvasti, voimakkaasti
     Italia a.
     1 voimakas
     2 vakava, kova
     3 (yhteys fonetiikka k=it) painollinen
     Portugali a.
     voimakas

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     adv.
     (yhteys musiikki k=fi) voimakkaasti, nuoteissa lyhenne '''''f'''''

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     Franska a.
     (böjning fr adj fort)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  forte
     adv.
     (tagg: musik) starkt, en styrkegradsbeteckning, förkortning
  "f"
     n.
     (tagg: musik) /parti av ett/ musikstycke med stark ton

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  forte /fˈɔɾtə/ 
  forte 
     Synonym: laut
  

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  forte /ˈfɔʁtə/ 
  forte
  laut, stark

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  البراعة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  forte //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoːɹ.teɪ// //ˈfɔː(ɹ).teɪ// //ˈfɔː.teɪ// 
  силно
  music: loud

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  forte //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoːɹ.teɪ// //ˈfɔː(ɹ).teɪ// //ˈfɔː.teɪ// 
  форте
  music: loudly

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  forte //foɹt// //fɔːt// //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoɹti// //ˈfoːɹt// //ˈfɔː(ɹ)t// //ˈfɔːteɪ// //ˈfɔːti// 
  си́ла, силна страна
  strength or talent

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/ 
   [hud] hlasitě

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  Klingenstärke , Stärke  [sport]
           Note: der Klinge
           Note: Fechten
           Note: of the blade
           Note: fencing

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  Stärke , starke Seite  [übtr.]
        "Maths is not my forte."  - Mathe ist nicht meine Stärke.
   see: fortes
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  forte, laut  [mus.]

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  forte //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoːɹ.teɪ// //ˈfɔː(ɹ).teɪ// //ˈfɔː.teɪ// 
  forte
  music: loud

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  forte //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoːɹ.teɪ// //ˈfɔː(ɹ).teɪ// //ˈfɔː.teɪ// 
  forte, kova, voimakkaasti
  music: loudly

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  forte //foɹt// //fɔːt// //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoɹti// //ˈfoːɹt// //ˈfɔː(ɹ)t// //ˈfɔːteɪ// //ˈfɔːti// 
  1. vahva puoli, vahvuus
  strength or talent
  2. juuri
  the strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/ 
  1. कोई~चीज़~जिसमें~व्यक्ति~निपुण~हो
        "Mathematics was never my forte."
        "Hard work should be every body's forte."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/ 
  1. ज़ोर~से
        "He played the music forte."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  forte, glasan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  1. kardpenge erôssége
  2. forte
  3. erôs oldala vkinek

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  forte //foɹt// //fɔːt// //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoɹti// //ˈfoːɹt// //ˈfɔː(ɹ)t// //ˈfɔːteɪ// //ˈfɔːti// 
  強み
  strength or talent

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  forte /ˈfɔ:teɪ/ 
    forte, mocna strona

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  forte //foɹt// //fɔːt// //ˈfoɹ.teɪ// //ˈfoɹti// //ˈfoːɹt// //ˈfɔː(ɹ)t// //ˈfɔːteɪ// //ˈfɔːti// 
  styrka, stark sida
  strength or talent

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  1. bir kimsenin asıl hüneri ve başlıca sıfatı.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  forte /fˈɔːteɪ/
  1. (müz.) kuvvetle, çok sesle
  2. kuvvetli.

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  forte /fˈorte/
  strongly, earnestly

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  forte /fˈorte/
  strongly, earnestly

From Esperanto-English FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.0.1 :   [ freedict:epo-eng ]

  forte /fˈorte/
  strongly, earnestly

From Croatian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:hrv-eng ]

  forte /fˈortɛ/
  forte

From Hungarian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:hun-eng ]

  forte /fˈortɛ/
  forte

From Italian-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:ita-deu ]

  forte /fˈɔrte/
  1. kräftig, stark
  2. laut

From Italian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:ita-eng ]

  forte /fˈɔrte/
  1. strong
  2. loudly

From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 :   [ freedict:lat-deu ]

  forte 
  zufaellig

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  forte
  forte

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  forte
  forte

From język polski-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-bul ]

  forte /fˈɔrtɛ/ 
  форте
  (muzykologia, muzyka, muzykologiczny, muzyczny) głośno, silnie, mocno

From język polski-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-ell ]

  forte /fˈɔrtɛ/ 
  φόρτε
  (muzykologia, muzyka, muzykologiczny, muzyczny) głośno, silnie, mocno

From język polski-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-ita ]

  forte /fˈɔrtɛ/ 
  forte
  (muzykologia, muzyka, muzykologiczny, muzyczny) głośno, silnie, mocno

From język polski-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-spa ]

  forte /fˈɔrtɛ/ 
  forte
  (muzykologia, muzyka, muzykologiczny, muzyczny) głośno, silnie, mocno

From Portuguese-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-deu ]

  forte /fˈɔɾətʃy/
  1. kräftig, stark
  2. fest, befestigt, haltbar, wiederstandsfähig
  3. intensiv
  4. laut

From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-eng ]

  forte /fˌoɾətalˈezæ/
  1. strong
  2. firm, robust, sturdy
  3. acute, intense, intensive
  4. loud

From português-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-fra ]

  forte /fˈɔɾətɨ/ 
  fort

From português-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-spa ]

  forte /fˈɔɾətɨ/ 
  fuerte

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  forte /fˈuːrtə/ 
  forte
  starkt, en styrkegradsbeteckning, förkortning "f"

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  forte /fˈuːrtə/ 
  forte
  /parti av ett/ musikstycke med stark ton

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɔɹt/, /ˈfɔɹteɪ/

From IPA:eo :   [ IPA:eo ]

  

/forte/

From IPA:fi :   [ IPA:fi ]

  

forte/

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/ˈfʊʈə/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  146 Moby Thesaurus words for "forte":
     a cappella, abbandono, ability, ableness, accrescendo, adagietto,
     adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, aloud,
     amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente,
     appassionato, aptitude, area, bag, booming, brillante, bump,
     caliber, capability, capacity, capriccioso, competence,
     con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo,
     cup of tea, deafening, decrescendo, diminuendo, dolce, dower,
     dowry, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking,
     effectiveness, efficiency, endowment, equipment, faculty, field,
     flair, fortemente, fortissimo, full, genius, gift, in full cry,
     instinct, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato,
     leggiero, line, long suit, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly,
     lustily, main interest, makings, manner, marcando, medium, metier,
     morendo, natural endowment, natural gift, noisily, oyster,
     parlando, parts, pealing, pet subject, pianissimo, piano, piercing,
     pizzicato, plangent, potential, power, powers, prestissimo, presto,
     pursuit, qualification, rallentando, resounding, resoundingly,
     ringing, ringingly, ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo,
     scherzoso, sonorous, sordo, sotto voce, specialism, speciality,
     specialization, specialty, spiccato, staccato, stentoraphonic,
     stentorian, stentorious, strength, stretto, strong flair,
     strong point, style, talent, talents, technicality, the goods,
     the stuff, thing, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, tremolando,
     tremoloso, trillando, type, uproariously, vocation, way, weakness,
     what it takes, window-rattling
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.长处

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 长处;优点;拿手;刀身的最强部

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