Forte 88780 206766839 2008-04-19T21:43:24Z 76.28.132.206 Removed 'LOL' vandalism at the bottom. __NOTOC__ {{distinguish|Fort|Fortes}} {{wiktionarypar|forte}} '''Forte/Forté''' may refer to: *Forte, an individual's strongest talent or greatest strength ("Preparing gourmet cuisine is his forte") *[[Forte (music)]], a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" *[[Forte (fencing)]], a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade *[[Forte (film)]], a defunct manufacturer of sheet film *[[Trust House Forte]], a British hotel and catering firm == People == '''Forte/Forté''' is a human surname of: *[[Allen Forte]] (1926-), an American music theorist and musicologist *[[Bruno Forte]] (1949-), an Italian theologian and ecclesiastic *[[Charles Forte, Baron Forte]] (1908-2007), a famous hotelier *[[Sir Rocco Forte]], son of Charles Forte, Baron Forte who inherited the hotel business *[[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'' *[[Jonathan Forte]] (1985-), an English football player, playing for Scunthorpe United F.C. === Fictional characters === In some fictional stories, writers choose to use fanciful words such as Forte or Forté as given names. Characters with such names include: *Forté, a character in ''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]'' *[[Bass (Mega Man)]], a fictional video game character whose name in Japan is "Forte" *[[Bass.EXE]], a fictional character from the [[MegaMan NT Warrior]] series who is based of his video game counterpart. His name in Japan is also "Forte" *[[Forte Stollen]], a fictional character from the Galaxy Angel anime *The dog named Forte appears on ''[[Quintet]]''. == Technology == *[[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 *[[Forte TeamWare]], a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems == Company == *[[Forte Land]], a large-scale real estate company in Shanghai, China *[[Forte Group]], a former British hotel company *Forte Films, an up and coming video production company {{disambig}} [[de:Forte]] [[eo:Forte]] [[fr:Forte]] [[it:Forte]] [[nl:Forte]] [[ja:演奏記号#一定の強弱を表すもの]]