ort

Etymology

From Middle English ort, from Old English *orǣt (“that which is left after eating”, literally “out-eat”), equivalent to or- +‎ eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte (“refuse of food”), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort (“ort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôt, IPA^(key): /ɔːt/
• (US) enPR: ôrt, IPA^(key): /ɔːɹt/
• Homophones: aught, ought (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

ort (plural orts)

1. (usually in the plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Come, Kinch, you have eaten all we left. Ay, I will serve you your orts and offals.

   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     Peace, Grandam,– reclaim thy Ort. The Learnèd One has yet to sink quite that low.

Verb

ort (third-person singular simple present orts, present participle orting, simple past and past participle orted)

1. (transitive, dialectal) To turn away from with disgust; refuse.

Anagrams

• OTR, RTO, TOR, TRO, Tor, rot, tor

Etymology

From Latin hortus.

Noun

ort m (plural orts)

1. vegetable garden

Etymology

From Old Irish fort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɾˠt̪ˠ/

Pronoun

ort (emphatic ortsa)

1. second-person singular of ar: on you sg

Etymology

From Old Irish fort.

Pronoun

ort

1. 2nd person singular informal of er

   on you

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzdaz, whence Old English ord, Old Norse oddr

Noun

ort m

1. sharp point

Etymology

From Old Irish fort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrˠst/

Pronoun

ort

1. on you (informal singular)

See also

• oirbh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊʈː/

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Noun

ort c

1. (inhabited) place, location; a group of houses (of any size: hamlet, village, town, city...)
2. (mining) adit (horizontal tunnel in a mine)