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

The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers.

2. The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

||For"te (fôr"t&asl; or fōr"t&asl;), adv. [It. forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong.] (Mus.) Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

• A strength or talent.
        He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
  
• The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
  
• A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
        This forte marks the climax of the second movement.
  
• (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)
        This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.
  
• (music) loudly.
        The musicians played the passage forte.
  
  French
• female form of fort, powerful, strong
  
  Italian
• strong
  
• (linguistics) stressed
        vocali forti - stressed vowel