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Both pronunciations are now standard.[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forte https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forte The pronunciation for the Italian word for
by nkozyra 11y ago
Both pronunciations are now standard.[1]
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forte https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forte
The pronunciation for the Italian word for strong/strength is "for-tay"
- tired_man 11y agoI wouldn't say its a standard. It's more that those who do pronounce it correctly can't be bothered correcting a sea of semi-literates any longer. Dictionaries are no longer the bastion of language they once were as they now stuff in new faddish words at the drop of a hat. Too bad they don't also have a removal process to remove them once they've had their few years of trendiness and are forgotten.
- randcraw 11y agoItalian --> English: forte --> loud. French --> English: forte --> strength. In French, forte is pronounced "fort" In Italian, forte is pronounced "fortay" In English, the pronunciation of forte depends on which language you borrowed it from. It inherits its proper pronunciation from the source language. BTW, English --> Italian: strength --> forza.