vorto

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Wort (“word”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvorto/
Hyphenation: vor‧to
Rhymes: -orto

Audio (Brazil) (file)

Noun

vorto (accusative singular vorton, plural vortoj, accusative plural vortojn)

(linguistics) word
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
  Por virta orelo ne danĝeras vorto malbela.
  To a virtuous ear, an ugly word holds no danger.
(spoken) promise, word
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
  Estu sinjoro de via vorto.
  Be a man of your word.
(computing) word

Synonyms

(linguistics): termino

Hyponyms

adjektivo (“adjective”)
adverbo (“adverb”)
substantivo (“noun”)
verbo (“verb”)

Holonyms

vortaro (“dictionary”)

Derived terms

Terms derived from vorto

ĉefvorto (“keyword”)

pasvorto (“password”)

salutvorto

Further reading

Esperanto grammar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
vort' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto vorto, from English word, German Wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔr.to/
Hyphenation: vor‧to

Noun

vorto (plural vorti)

word

Derived terms

Terms derived from vorto

pasovorto (“password”)
vortala (“verbal”)
vortale (“verbally”)
vortaro (“collection of words; vocabulary”)
vortifar (“to build words”)

vortifo (“word building”)
vortolibro (“dictionary, wordbook”)
vortoludo (“word play, play on words”)
vortopa (“verbatim, word for word, literal (translation)”)
vortope (“verbatim, word for word, literal (translation)”)

Further reading

vort-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

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