Forte or Forté may refer to:

Music

  • Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong"
  • Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set
  • Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs
  • Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio

Computing

  • Forté 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
  • NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java

Companies

  • Forte Design Systems, an American software company
  • Forte Group, a former British hotel company
  • Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent
  • Forte Land, a Chinese large-scale real estate company
  • Forte Oil PLC, former name of Ardova Plc, a Nigerian energy group
  • Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm

Fictional characters

  • Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime
  • Bass (Mega Man), a character in Mega Man known as "Forte" in Japanese
  • Bass.EXE, a character from the MegaMan NT Warrior series known as "Forte" in Japanese
  • Forte, a character in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Ships

  • , various Royal Navy ships
  • Forte-class frigate, two French Navy warships
  • French frigate Forte (1794), in service 1794–1801

Other uses

  • Forte (surname)
  • 8780 Forte, an asteroid
  • FORTE, Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events satellite
  • Forte (fencing), a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade
  • Forte (typeface), included in various editions of Microsoft Office
  • Forte (horse), an American thoroughbred race horse
  • Kia Forte, a mid-size sedan car
  • Mitsubishi Forte, original name of the Mitsubishi Triton, a mid-size pickup truck
  • FC Forte Taganrog, a Russiang football club based in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast

See also

  • Fort (disambiguation)
  • Fortes, a surname