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/

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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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sorte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sorte”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sorte f (plural sorti)

1. fate

   Synonym: destino

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sorte

1. third-person singular present indicative of sortire

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.te/, /ˈsɔr.te/
• Rhymes: -orte, -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sór‧te, sòr‧te

Participle

sorte f pl

1. feminine plural of sorto

Anagrams

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

Latin

Noun

sorte

1. ablative singular of sors

References

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

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (Guernsey) sort

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sorte

1. definite singular of sort
2. plural of sort

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sorte, from Latin sortem, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Compare Spanish suerte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈsɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈsɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈsɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɻ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔɾtɨ
• Hyphenation: sor‧te

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (dated) sort
2. fate
3. luck
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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

• a sorte favorece os audazes
• biscoito da sorte
• boa sorte
• osso da sorte
• por sorte
• sorte grande
• sortear
• sortudo
• tentar a sorte

Descendants

• → Gujarati: સોરટી (sorṭī)
• → Konkani: सोर्त (sorta)

Further reading

• “sorte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sorte”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sorte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “sorte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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