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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“come into being”). Doublet of abortus.
Noun
abort (plural aborts)
- (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
- (computing) The function used to abort a process.
- (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
- (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection vi:
- In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.
Descendants
Translations
early termination of a mission
function used to abort a process
event to abort a computer process
product of a miscarriage
miscarriage
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Etymology 2
From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).
Verb
abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)
- (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- 1785, Henry Morris, Surgical Diseases of the Kidney, page 458:
- Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.
- 1983, M. D. Bennett, Chromosomes Today: Volume 8 Proceedings of the Eighth International Chromosome Conference, page 346:
- In the study group ll patients aborted spontaneously between the 17th and 20th gestational week and 8 patients aborted after the 21st week.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
- 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 236:
- "Of course, you can't abort yourself...I mean you positively can't be allowed to. To begin with it's a crime."
- (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
- (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
- (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
Derived terms
Translations
to miscarry
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to cause a premature termination
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to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages
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biology: to become checked in normal development
biology: to cause an organism to develop minimally
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military: to abandon a mission
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aeronautics: to terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket
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computing: to terminate a process prior to completion
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See also
References
- “abort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
- “abort” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, →ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English abort, from Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧bort
Verb
abort
- to abort; to cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Noun
abort
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
abort m inan
- (medicine) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)
- Synonym: potrat
Declension
Declension of abort (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “abort”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “abort”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “abort”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- “abort”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
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Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)
Inflection
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Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
abort (genitive abordi, partitive aborti)
- abortion
- Mu tüdruk tahab aborti teha.
- My girl wants an abortion.
- miscarriage
Declension
Derived terms
- abordivastane
- abortiivne
- spontaanabort
- tabletiabort
- tehisabort
References
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“I rise, appear, am born”), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural aborter, definite plural abortene)
- (medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
- Synonyms: misfødsel, fosterdrap, svangerskapsavbrytelse, svangerskapsavbrudd
- illegal abort ― illegal abortion
- provosert abort ― provoked abortion
- (medicine) a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)
- Synonym: spontanabort
- ha en abort ― have an abortion
- ta abort ― induce abortion
- habituell abort ― habitual abortion (the miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies)
- 1840 June 23, Den Norske Rigstidende, page 2:
- mange mene, at hensigten [med attentatet] kun har været at forskrække dronningen og derved foraarsage en abort
- many believe that the intention [of the assassination] was only to frighten the queen and thereby cause an abortion
- 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 298:
- hun havde hørt, at ægteskaber, hvori det første svangerskab endte med abort, som oftest bleve barnløse
- she had heard that marriages in which the first pregnancy ended in abortion often became childless
- 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 295:
- min kone, som efter aborten længe havde været svag, blev frisk igjen
- my wife, who had been weak for a long time after the abortion, recovered
- 1996, Ketil Bjørnstad, Historien om Edvard Munch, page 337:
- maleriet [var ikke] noe maleri i det hele tatt, men en abort
- the painting [was] not a painting at all, but an abortion
- (medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)
- Synonyms: abortus provocatus, fosterfordrivelse, utskrapning
- foreta en abort ― perform an abortion
- kjønnsbetinget abort ― gendered abortion
- selvbestemt abort ― self-determined abortion (artificial abortion that a pregnant woman may require performed by the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, according to Norwegian law)
- 1973, Tor Edvin Dahl, Guds tjener, page 136:
- foreldrene sendte ham to tusen kroner og det ble ordnet med illegal abort
- his parents sent him two thousand kroner and an illegal abortion was arranged
- 1975, Liv Køltzow, Historien om Eli, page 119:
- hun var helt desperat av redsel for at hun ikke skulle få innvilget aborten
- she was desperate for fear that she would not be granted an abortion
- 1976, Mette Hansen, Kasino, page 33:
- Brita var en av foregangskvinnene for selvbestemt abort
- Brita was one of the pioneers of self-determined abortion
- 1990, Kåre Willoch, Statsminister, page 53:
- de sterkeste og mest innflytelsesrike motstandere av selvbestemt abort
- the strongest and most influential opponents of self-determined abortion
- (medicine, now rare) a premature foetus
- (technology) the act of aborting
- Synonym: abortere
Derived terms
- abortfremkallende
- aborthai
- abortinngrep
- abortlege
- abortlov
- abortlovgivning
- abortmotstander
- abortnemnd
- abortpille
- abortreise
- abortsak
- abortstrid
- abortsøkende
- abortsøknad
- aborttilhenger
- hjemmeabort
- legeabort
- senabort
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural abortar, definite plural abortane)
- abortion (induced)
- miscarriage (spontaneous)
- Synonym: spontanabort
Derived terms
- spontan abort, spontanabort
References
- “abort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
abort m inan
- (medicine) abortion (act of inducing abortion)
- Synonym: aborcja
- Coordinate term: poronienie
- (computing) force quit, closing (act of stopping a program)
Declension
Declension of abort
Related terms
adjectives
adverb
verb
- abortować impf or pf
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English abort.
Noun
abort m (plural aborts)
- (computing) abort (function used to abort a process)
- Synonym: abortamento
Swedish
Noun
abort c
- abort, abortion (the process of ending a pregnancy)
- Hon gjorde abort
- She had an abortion
- (obsolete) an abort, a miscarriage
- Synonyms: missfall, spontanabort
Declension
Derived terms
- abortförsök (“attempted abortion”)
- abortpiller (“abortion pill”)
- spontanabort (“miscarriage”)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: abortti
References
- abort in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- abort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
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Noun
abort
- Latin spelling of аборт (abort)
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