sorte

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

• Resto, resto, roset, rotes, store, tores, torse

Adjective

sorte

1. definite of sort
2. plural of sort

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁt/

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Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

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

Verb

sorte

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of sortir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of sortir

Further reading

• “sorte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, store, tores, torse

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/, [ˈs̪ɔr̺t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Stress: sòrte
• Hyphenation: sor‧te

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.te/, [ˈs̪or̺t̪e]
• Rhymes: -orte
• Stress: sórte
• Hyphenation: sor‧te

Etymology

See etymology on the main entry.

Anagrams

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

Noun

sorte

1. ablative singular of sors

References

• sorte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Latin sors, sortem.

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (Guernsey) sort

Adjective

sorte

1. definite singular of sort
2. plural of sort

Noun

sorte f (oblique plural sortes, nominative singular sorte, nominative plural sortes)

1. sort; type

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sorte, from Latin sortis genitive singular of sors, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sort, lineup”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾ.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: sor‧te

Noun

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (dated) sort
2. fate
3. luck
   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, 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?