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

• store, torse, resto, tores, toers, estro-, roset, Soter, Resto, rotes, estro, Oster

Danish

Adjective

sorte

1. definite of sort
2. plural of sort

Estonian

Noun

sorte

1. partitive plural of sort

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁt/

• Audio:

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Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

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

Derived terms

• de la sorte
• de sorte que
• en quelque sorte
• faire en sorte

Descendants

• → Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)
• → Danish: sort
• → German: Sorte
• → Russian: сорт (sort)
• → Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)

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

Galician

Etymology

From 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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “sorte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “sorte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sorte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sorte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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