sortie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sortie (“exit, end”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sortie (plural sorties)

  1. (military) An attack made by troops from a besieged position.
  2. (military) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
    Russia said it carried out 55 sorties in the last 24 hours.
  3. (figuratively, sports) An attacking move

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Verb

sortie (third-person singular simple present sorties, present participle sortying or sortieing, simple past and past participle sortied)

  1. (transitive) To sally.

Synonyms

  • (an offensive military mission): scramble

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French

Etymology

Feminine past participle of sortir; from Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior (“cast lots, divide, receive”), possibly influenced by a derivative of surgō (“get up, arise”). Compare Italian sortire (“produce”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔʁ.ti/
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Noun

sortie f (plural sorties)

  1. exit, way out
    Antonym: entrée
  2. act of exiting
  3. end; final part of
  4. release (of a film, book, album etc)
    Synonyms: édition, parution
  5. (school) outing, trip (lasting no longer than a day)
  6. (military) leave, sally, sortie
  7. (electronics) output, connector
    Synonym: prise

Usage notes

The meaning "end, release" is used of things such as school, theater etc. where a literal "exit" also occurs.

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Participle

sortie

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of sortir

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