It was no surprise that she got accepted to the performing arts school; dancing was always her forte [FOR-tay].

forte
noun [FOR-tay]

Forte refers to something that a person does well, or in other words, a person’s strong point.

source is the French adjective fort, meaning “strong.” it quickly came to refer to the strong point of a person, in addition to the strong point of a blade. (The word has its counterpoint in foible, which comes from an obsolete form of the French word faible, “weak,” and refers both to the weakest part of a sword blade and to a person’s weak point.)

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