Forte

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Forte (or forté) may refer to:

• forte, a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong".
• forte, a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade.
• forte, a word that means "strong" in both Italian and Portuguese.
• Pein forte et dure, a method of (capital) punishment.

Forte (or Forté) is part of the name of the following people or characters:

• Allen Forte (1926-), an American music theorist and musicologist.
• Bruno Forte (1949-), an Italian theologian and ecclesiastic.
• Charles Forte, Baron Forte (1908-), a famous hotelier.
• John Forté (1975-), an imprisoned musician.
• Joe Forte, an American writer and painter.
• Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte, an American professional basketball player.
• Will Forte (1970-), Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV, a cast member of Saturday Night Live.
• Forté, a character in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
• Bass (Mega Man), a fictional video game character also known as "Forte".
• Forte Stollen, a fictional character from the Galaxy Angel milieu.

Forte (or Forté) is also the name of:

• Forte, a manfucturer of sheet film.
• Bois Forte Indian Reservation, an Indian reservation in Minnesota, United States.
• Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems.
• FORTE (satellite), the Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events satellite.
• Forte 4GL, a proprietary application server.
• Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system.
• Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm.
• Brainspawn Forte [1] is a vst host shareware

[edit] See also

• Fort
• Fortes

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