forte

noun

1. A strength or talent; a strong point.

   “He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.”

   “Between ourselves, the country is rather triste, and you have given me positively a sensation; yet my forte is not the Arcadian: however, I will do my petit possible to console you for the loss of le beau Lindor, who was my predecessor.”

2. The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
3. A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.

   “This forte marks the climax of the second movement.”

adv

1. Loudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.

   “(abbreviation) f”

   “The musicians played the passage forte.”

adj

1. Loud.

   “This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.”

name

1. A surname.