fortes

Meaning of fortes

plural noun
  1. a thing at which someone excels.
    small talk was not his forte
  2. the part of a sword blade from the hilt to the middle.

mid 17th century (in forte1 (sense 2); originally as fort ): from French fort (masculine), forte (feminine) ‘strong’, from Latin fortis .

plural noun

a passage performed or marked to be performed loudly.

Italian, literally ‘strong, loud’, from Latin fortis .

Information about fortes

Hyphenation of fortes

fortes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • fortes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

fortes synonyms

Meaning a good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing:

strength

Meaning natural aptitude or skill:

talent

Meaning a particular ability:

skill

Meaning a natural talent or inclination:

bent

Meaning a natural ability or talent:

gift

Meaning a division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity:

department

Meaning a flexible container with an opening at the top, used for carrying things:

bag

Meaning an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to:

thing

fortes antonyms

Meaning the state or condition of being weak:

weakness

Anagrams of fortes

fetors, Forest, forest, forset, Foster, foster, fstore, Retsof, softer

Words that rhyme with fortes

Cathartes, Descartes, Jaxartes, Martes, artes, cartes, cathartes, descartes, jubartes, martes, partes, quartes, Fuertes, Laertes, Melicertes, certes, laertes, Anacortes, Cortes, Cynortes, Portes, Sachertortes, cortes, pianofortes, purportes, sortes, tortes, syrtes

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