sorte

See also: Sorte

English

Noun

sorte (plural sortes)

1. Obsolete form of sort.
   • 1533, R. Saltwood:

     As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus
     Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

Anagrams

• Resto, resto, roset, rotes, store, tores, torse

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Danish

Adjective

sorte

1. definite of sort
2. plural of sort

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Estonian

Noun

sorte

1. partitive plural of sort

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French

Etymology

From Old French sorte, borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Doublet of the inherited sort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁt/

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Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. sort, kind, type
2. way, manner

Derived terms

• faire en sorte
• de sorte que

Descendants

• → Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)
• → German: Sorte

Verb

sorte

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sortir

Further reading

• “sorte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, store, tores, torse

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese sorte (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sors, sortem (“lot; fate”). Cognate with Portuguese sorte and Spanish suerte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾte̝/

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. fate, fortune
2. luck
3. share, allotment

   Synonyms: adra, lote, mera, partilla, quiñón

4. lot (a distinct portion or plot of rural land, usually smaller than a field)

   Synonym: mera

Derived terms

• a sortes
• sortear
• sortudo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sorte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sorte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sortem, accusative form of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (“to sort, lineup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/, [ˈs̪ɔr̺t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sòr‧te

Noun

sorte f (plural sorti)

1. fate

Synonyms

• destino

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/, [ˈs̪ɔr̺t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sòr‧te

Noun

sorte f pl

1. plural of sorta

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/, [ˈs̪ɔr̺t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sòr‧te

Verb

sorte

1. third-person singular present of sortire

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.te/, [ˈs̪or̺t̪e]
• Rhymes: -orte
• Hyphenation: sór‧te

Participle

sorte

1. feminine plural of sorto

Anagrams

• estro, resto, restò, serto, terso, torse

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) sorte

1. ablative singular of sors

References

• sorte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French sorte, borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Cf. sort.

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (Guernsey) sort

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sorte

1. definite singular of sort
2. plural of sort

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Compare the inherited sort.

Noun

sorte oblique singular, f (oblique plural sortes, nominative singular sorte, nominative plural sortes)

1. sort; type

Descendants

• → English: sort
• French: sorte
• Norman: sorte
• → Scots: sort

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sorte, from Latin sortis accusative singular of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾ.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: sor‧te

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (dated) sort
2. fate
3. luck
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 350:

     Harry mal respirava: será que a sorte, a pura sorte poderia livrá-los dessa encrenca?

     Harry was badly breathing: maybe luck, pure luck could save them from that trouble?

Derived terms

• sortudo

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English sorte, from Old French sorte.

Noun

sorte

1. Obsolete form of sort.

References

• Scottish Language Dictionaries (2017) “sort”, in Concise Scots Dictionary, 2nd edition, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 659