<p>How do you pronounce forte?
“fort” or “for-tay”</p>
<p>“for-tay” .</p>
<p>“fort”
definately. i know people say"for-tay" but it’s really meant as “fort.” AP english teachers, AP us history teachers, and precalc teachers dont lie.</p>
<p>fortay… it’s not of english origin, so it doesn’t have to make sense.</p>
<p>It’s for-tay in music</p>
<p>Fort. It’s French, and they don’t pronounce the last letter (unless it has an accent mark)… so… it’s silent.</p>
<p>my music teacher in like 8th grade said for-tay and said it was italian</p>
<p>I know it’s for-tay in music. I’ve also heard people say, “That’s not my for-tay,” meaning it’s not their strong suit. It might be “fort” in some other contexts. I’ve only seen it those two ways.</p>
<p>Its pronounced “for tay” If said to someone "Well, that’s really not my ‘fort’ " They would look at you like you just ate a baby.</p>
<p>In forte we have a word derived from French that in its “strong point” sense has no entirely satisfactory pronunciation. Usage writers have denigrated 'for-"tA\ and 'for-tE\ because they reflect the influence of the Italian-derived 2forte. Their recommended pronunciation 'fort, however, does not exactly reflect French either: the French would write the word le fort and would rhyme it with English for. So you can take your choice, knowing that someone somewhere will dislike whichever variant you choose. All are standard, however. In British English 'fo-"tA\ and 'fot\ predominate; 'for-"tA\ and \for-'tA\ are probably the most frequent pronunciations in American English.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=forte[/url]”>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=forte</a></p>
<p>haha like you just ate a baby</p>
<p>Bartleby.com:</p>
<p>This word, meaning strong point, from French fort, meaning strong, can be pronounced with one syllable, like the English word fort, or with two syllables. The two-syllable pronunciation, (fôr´t´´), is probably the most common in American English, but some people dislike it, arguing that it properly belongs to the music term forte from Italian.</p>
<p>it’s for-tay. get over it, francophiles.</p>
<p>fortay fortay fortay</p>
<p>I had always thought it was fort-ay, until I saw an episode of Unhappily Ever After (with the lovely Nikki Cox) and so now I try to say fort.</p>
<p>Just kind of mumble the end so no one can call you on saying it wrong</p>
<p>Usage Note: The word forte, coming from French fort, should properly be pronounced with one syllable, like the English word fort. Common usage, however, prefers the two-syllable pronunciation, (f</p>
<p>did anyone else notice this this was a WICKED random question… who is the OP, Mr. One-Random-Post? and what was the motivation for this one post? I’m in suspense…</p>
<p>Dunno. The OP is 14 years old though. (8-25-90)</p>