sorta

English

Etymology

A written form of a reduction of sort of.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːtə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹtə/, [-ɾə]
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə

Adverb

sorta (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Contraction of sort of.
    Synonyms: kinda, kinda sorta, sorta kinda
    The portraits on the wall aren’t that good, but they’re just sorta cool to have around.
    • 1912 September, Charles Alden Seltzer, “Love’s International”, in The Outing Magazine: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume LX, number 6, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.: Outing Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 680, column 1:
      'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. It don't in no way fit in with my ideas of the speerut of American independence!'
    • 1993 July, William R. Scott, “Sort of a Hero”, in Scott Stuckey, editor, Boys’ Life, volume LXXXIII, number 7, Irving, Tex.: Boy Scouts of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34, column 2:
      When Tommy's folks heard about it they were angry with him, and with Chuck for using him to play such a mean trick on Vern. In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck—and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

Derived terms

Translations

Contraction

sorta (plural sortsa)

  1. (informal) Sort of.
    There’s gotta be some sorta explanation.
    • 2001, Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide, page 97:
      He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?" / "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *sértis
Proto-Italic *sortis
Latin sors, sortembor.
Old French sorte
French sorteder.
Czech sorta

    Derived from French sorte.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈsorta]
    • Hyphenation: sor‧ta
    • Rhymes: -orta

    Noun

    sorta f

    1. sort, kind, type
      Synonyms: druh, odrůda

    Declension

    Declension of sorta (hard feminine)
    singular plural
    nominative sorta sorty
    genitive sorty sort
    dative sortě sortám
    accusative sortu sorty
    vocative sorto sorty
    locative sortě sortách
    instrumental sortou sortami

    Further reading

    Icelandic

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈsɔr̥ta]
    • Rhymes: -ɔr̥ta

    Noun

    sorta f (genitive singular sortu, nominative plural sortur)

    1. black dye

    Declension

    Declension of sorta (feminine)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative sorta sortan sortur sorturnar
    accusative sortu sortuna sortur sorturnar
    dative sortu sortunni sortum sortunum
    genitive sortu sortunnar sorta, sortna sortanna, sortnanna

    Derived terms

    • sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)

    Italian

    Etymology 1

    From a Vulgar Latin *sorta, itself from Latin sortem,[1] possibly through French sorte.[2]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɔr.ta/[3]
    • Rhymes: -ɔrta
    • Hyphenation: sòr‧ta

    Noun

    sorta f (plural sorte)

    1. sort, type, kind

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsɔr.ta/[3]
    • Rhymes: -ɔrta
    • Hyphenation: sòr‧ta

    Verb

    sorta

    1. inflection of sortire:
      1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsor.ta/, /ˈsɔr.ta/[3]
    • Rhymes: -orta, -ɔrta
    • Hyphenation: sór‧ta, sòr‧ta

    Participle

    sorta f sg

    1. feminine singular of sorto

    References

    1. ^ “sorta” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
    2. ^ “sorta”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 19 sil–sque, UTET, 1998, page 506abcf.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “sorta” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Anagrams

    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German sortieren.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /sorˈta/

      Verb

      a sorta (third-person singular present sortează, past participle sortat) 1st conjugation

      1. to sort

      Conjugation

          conjugation of sorta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
      infinitive a sorta
      gerund sortând
      past participle sortat
      number singular plural
      person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
      present sortez sortezi sortează sortăm sortați sortează
      imperfect sortam sortai sorta sortam sortați sortau
      simple perfect sortai sortași sortă sortarăm sortarăți sortară
      pluperfect sortasem sortaseși sortase sortaserăm sortaserăți sortaseră
      subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
      present să sortez să sortezi să sorteze să sortăm să sortați să sorteze
      imperative — tu — — voi —
      affirmative sortează sortați
      negative nu sorta nu sortați

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from German Sorte and/or Italian sorta; all eventually from Latin sors. See English sort for more.

      Noun

      sȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling со̑рта)

      1. sort, kind

      Declension

      Declension of sorta
      singular plural
      nominative sȏrta sorte
      genitive sorte sȏrtā / sȏrtī
      dative sorti sortama
      accusative sortu sorte
      vocative sorto sorte
      locative sorti sortama
      instrumental sortom sortama

      Veps

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *sortadak.

      Verb

      sorta

      1. to bring down, to knock down
      2. to cut down, to chop down, to fell
      3. to drop (by accident)

      Inflection

      Inflection of sorta (inflection type 8/püta)
      1st infinitive sorta
      present indic. sordab
      past indic. sordi
      present
      indicative       		past
      indicative       		imperative
      1st singular sordan sordin —
      2nd singular sordad sordid sorda
      3rd singular sordab sordi sorkha
      1st plural sordam sordim sorkam
      2nd plural sordat sordit sorkat
      3rd plural sortas
      sordaba       		sordiba sorkha
      sing. conneg.1 sorda sordand sorda
      plur. conneg. sorkoi sornugoi sorkoi
      present
      conditional       		past
      conditional       		potential
      1st singular sordaižin sornuižin sornen
      2nd singular sordaižid sornuižid sorned
      3rd singular sordaiži sornuiži sorneb
      1st plural sordaižim sornuižim sornem
      2nd plural sordaižit sornuižit sornet
      3rd plural sordaižiba sornuižiba sorneba
      connegative sordaiži sornuiži sorne
      non-finite forms
      1st infinitive sorta
      2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
      inessive sortes inessive sormas
      instructive sorten illative sormaha
      participles elative sormaspäi
      present active sordai adessive sormal
      past active sornu abessive sormat
      past passive sortud
      1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

      References

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