abort

See also: Abort

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔːt/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹt/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“come into being”). Doublet of abortus.

Noun

abort (plural aborts)

(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
(computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
We've had three aborts over the last two days.
(now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17^th century.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection vi:
  In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.

Descendants

→ Polish: abort
→ Portuguese: abort

Translations

early termination of a mission

Chinese:
Mandarin: 中止 (zh) (zhōngzhǐ)
Finnish: keskeytys (fi)
German: Abort (de) m

function used to abort a process

Chinese:
Mandarin: 中斷 / 中断 (zh) (zhōngduàn), 放棄 / 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì), 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 腰斬 / 腰斩 (zh) (yāozhǎn)
Dutch: afbreken (nl)
Esperanto: abortigo (eo), ĉesigo
Estonian: katkestus
Finnish: keskeytys (fi)
German: Abbruch (de) m
Japanese: 中止 (ja) (chūshi)
Malay: henti paksa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abort (no) m, avbrytelse (no) m
Portuguese: abort (pt) m, abortamento (pt) m

event to abort a computer process

Chinese:
Mandarin: 終止 / 终止 (zh) (zhōngzhǐ)
Dutch: voortijdige beëindiging
Finnish: keskeytys (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

product of a miscarriage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 夭折 (zh) (yāozhé)
Dutch: miskraam (nl) f
Finnish: keskonen (fi)
French: avorton (fr) m
Ido: aborturo (io)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: aborto (pt) m, abortado (pt) m
Serbo-Croatian: pobačaj (sh)

miscarriage

Bulgarian: помятане (bg) (pomjatane), аборт (bg) (abort)
Catalan: avortament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流產 / 流产 (zh) (liúchǎn), 小產 / 小产 (zh) (xiǎochǎn), 墮胎 / 堕胎 (zh) (duòtāi)
Crimean Tatar: abort
Dutch: miskraam (nl) f
Finnish: keskenmeno (fi)
French: fausse couche (fr) f
German: Abort (de) m, Schwangerschaftsabbruch (de) m
Hungarian: vetélés (hu)
Ido: aborto (io)
Japanese: 流産 (ja) (ryūzan)
Latvian: aborts m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: аборт (abort)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spontanabort (no) m, abort (no) m
Occitan: abortar
Persian: سقط جنین (fa) (seqt-e janin), افگانه (fa) (afgâne)
Portuguese: aborto (pt) m
Romanian: avort (ro) n, întrerupere de sarcină f
Russian: або́рт (ru) m (abórt), вы́кидыш (ru) m (výkidyš)
Serbo-Croatian: pobačaj (sh)
Spanish: aborto (es) m
Swedish: missfall (sv) n, abort (sv) c

Etymology 2

From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

Verb

abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)

(intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
- 1785, Henry Morris, Surgical Diseases of the Kidney, page 458:
  Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.
- 1983, M. D. Bennett, Chromosomes Today: Volume 8 Proceedings of the Eighth International Chromosome Conference, page 346:
  In the study group ll patients aborted spontaneously between the 17th and 20th gestational week and 8 patients aborted after the 21st week.
(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19^th century.]
(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
(intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
- 2022, Michael & Stefan Strasser, Chicken Wings‎ (comic):
  First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion!
(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

Derived terms

Terms derived from abort (verb)

Translations

to miscarry

Arabic: يُجْهِض (yujhiḍ)
Egyptian Arabic: يجهض (yegheḍ), يسقط (yesaʔaṭṭ)
Armenian: վիժել (hy) (vižel)
Bulgarian: помятам (bg) (pomjatam), абортирам (bg) (abortiram)
Burmese: ကိုယ်ဝန်ပျက် (my) (kuiywanpyak), သားပျက် (my) (sa:pyak), သားလျှော (my) (sa:hlyau:), ဇီးလျှော (my) (ji:hlyau:)
Catalan: avortar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流產 / 流产 (zh) (liúchǎn), 小產 / 小产 (zh) (xiǎochǎn), 墮胎 / 堕胎 (zh) (duòtāi)
Czech: potratit
Dutch: (een) miskraam hebben, ^{(please verify)} voortijdig bevallen
Esperanto: aborti
Finnish: saada keskenmeno
French: faire une fausse couche (fr)
Hebrew: הִפִּיל (he) (hipíl)
Ido: abortar (io)
Italian: abortire (it), fallire (it)
Japanese: 流産する (ja) (ryūzan suru)
Latin: aborior
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abortere (no), spontanabortere
Portuguese: abortar (pt), perder (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: pobaciti (sh)
Spanish: abortar (es)
Swahili: -avya mimba
Swedish: få missfall (sv)
Telugu: గర్భస్రావం (te) (garbhasrāvaṁ), గర్భ విచ్ఛిత్తి (garbha vicchitti), గర్భపాతం (garbhapātaṁ), గర్భోత్పాటనం (garbhōtpāṭanaṁ)
Thai: แท้ง (th) (tɛ́ɛng)
Urdu: حمل ضائع کرنا (hamal zā'e karnā), حمل اسقاط کرنا (hamal isqāt karnā), حمل گرانا (hamal girānā), پیٹ گرانا (peṭ girānā), اخراج جنین کرنا (ixrāj-e-janīn karnā), حمل ساقط کرنا (hamal sāqit karnā)

to cause a premature termination

Armenian: վիժել (hy) (vižel), վիժեցնել (hy) (vižecʻnel)
Azerbaijani: uşaq salmaq
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中斷 / 中断 (zh) (zhōngduàn), 放棄 / 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì), 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 腰斬 / 腰斩 (zh) (yāozhǎn)
Czech: potratit
Dutch: (doen) aborteren, ^{(please verify)} beëindigen (nl), ^{(please verify)} doen mislukken
Esperanto: abortigi
Estonian: katkestamine
Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
French: avorter (fr), interrompre (fr), abandonner (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: הִפִּיל (he) (hipíl)
Italian: abortire (it), interrompere (it)
Japanese: 堕ろす (orosu)
Latin: abigo (la)
Maori: whakatahe
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abortere (no)
Portuguese: abortar (pt), cancelar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: pobaciti (sh)
Swahili: -avya mimba, -toa mimba
Swedish: abortera (sv)
Telugu: అకాల ప్రసవం (akāla prasavaṁ)
Thai: ทำแท้ง (th) (tam-tɛ́ɛng)
Vietnamese: sẩy thai (vi), phá thai (vi)
Welsh: erthylu (cy)

to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages

Armenian: ձախողվել (hy) (jaxoġvel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流產 / 流产 (zh) (liúchǎn), 中斷 / 中断 (zh) (zhōngduàn), 放棄 / 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì), 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 腰斬 / 腰斩 (zh) (yāozhǎn)
Dutch: doen stoppen in een vroegtijdig stadium, voortijdig afbreken
Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
Greek: διακόπτω (el) (diakópto)
Hebrew: ביטל m (bitél), ויתר (he) m (vitér)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abortere (no), avbryte (no), stoppe (no), stanse
Swahili: -avya
Thai: ยกเลิก (th) (yók-lə̂ək), เลิก (th) (lə̂ək), หยุด (th) (yùt)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

biology: to become checked in normal development

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: onvolgroeid blijven
Finnish: keskeytyä (fi), pysähtyä (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: förkrympa (sv), bli rudimentär (sv)

biology: to cause an organism to develop minimally

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: keskeyttää kasvu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

military: to abandon a mission

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

aeronautics: to terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: afbreken (nl), voortijdig beëindigen
Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

computing: to terminate a process prior to completion

Chinese:
Mandarin: 終止 / 终止 (zh) (zhōngzhǐ)
Dutch: annuleren (nl), aborteren (nl), stoppen (nl), afbreken (nl)
Esperanto: abortigi, ĉesigi
Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
French: interrompre (fr), abandonner (fr), échouer (fr), s’arrêter (fr)
German: abbrechen (de)
Indonesian: menghentikan (id)
Italian: interrompere (it), fermare (it)
Maori: haukoti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abortere (no)
Polish: przerwać (pl) pf
Portuguese: abortar (pt)
Russian: прервать (ru) pf (prervatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: prekinuti (sh)
Swedish: avbryta (sv), stoppa (sv)
Telugu: నిలుపు (te) (nilupu), ఆపు (te) (āpu), నిలిచిపోవు (te) (nilicipōvu), ఆగిపోవు (āgipōvu)

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abortar, ^{(please verify)} aborto
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sẩy thai (vi), ^{(please verify)} đẻ non, ^{(please verify)} không phát triển, ^{(please verify)} thui (vi), ^{(please verify)} làm sẩy thai, ^{(please verify)} phá thai (vi)

References

“abort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
“abort” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, →ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835

Anagrams

rabot, Bator, Tobar, Tabor, tobra, Barot, Barto, Torba, boart, ORBAT, tabor

Etymology

From English abort, from Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧bort

Verb

abort

to abort; to cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Noun

abort

abort, abortion

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of *abort*
	singular	plural
nominative	abort	abortlar
genitive	abortnıñ	abortlarnıñ
dative	abortqa	abortlarğa
accusative	abortnı	abortlarnı
locative	abortta	abortlarda
ablative	aborttan	abortlardan

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References

Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

abort

Wikipedia ^cs

Alternative forms

abortus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈabort]

Noun

abort m inan

(medicine) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)
Synonym: potrat

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	abort	aborty
genitive	abortu	abortů
dative	abortu	abortům
accusative	abort	aborty
vocative	aborte	aborty
locative	abortu	abortech
instrumental	abortem	aborty

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Declension of abort (hard masculine inanimate)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abʌɐ̯t/
Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

Noun

abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)

Inflection

More information common gender, Singular ...

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abort	aborten	aborter	aborterne
genitive	aborts	abortens	aborters	aborternes

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Etymology

From German Abort.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈb̥ort/
Rhymes: -ort

Noun

abort (genitive abordi, partitive aborti)

abortion
Mu tüdruk tahab aborti teha.
My girl wants an abortion.
miscarriage

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation), singular ...

Declension of abort (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		abort	abordid
accusative	nom.	abort
accusative	gen.	abordi
genitive		abordi	abortide
partitive		aborti	aborte abortisid
illative		aborti abordisse	abortidesse abordesse
inessive		abordis	abortides abordes
elative		abordist	abortidest abordest
allative		abordile	abortidele abordele
adessive		abordil	abortidel abordel
ablative		abordilt	abortidelt abordelt
translative		abordiks	abortideks abordeks
terminative		abordini	abortideni
essive		abordina	abortidena
abessive		abordita	abortideta
comitative		abordiga	abortidega

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Derived terms

abordivastane
abortiivne
spontaanabort
tabletiabort
tehisabort

References

abort in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

abort

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology

From Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“I rise, appear, am born”), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈ/, /aˈbɔʁt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔʈ, -ɔʁt, -ɔrt
Hyphenation: ab‧ort

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural aborter, definite plural abortene)

(medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
Synonyms: misfødsel, fosterdrap, svangerskapsavbrytelse, svangerskapsavbrudd

illegal abort ― illegal abortion

provosert abort ― provoked abortion
(medicine) a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)
Synonym: spontanabort

ha en abort ― have an abortion

ta abort ― induce abortion

habituell abort ― habitual abortion (the miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies)
- 1840 June 23, Den Norske Rigstidende, page 2:
  mange mene, at hensigten [med attentatet] kun har været at forskrække dronningen og derved foraarsage en abort
  many believe that the intention [of the assassination] was only to frighten the queen and thereby cause an abortion
- 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 298:
  hun havde hørt, at ægteskaber, hvori det første svangerskab endte med abort, som oftest bleve barnløse
  she had heard that marriages in which the first pregnancy ended in abortion often became childless
- 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 295:
  min kone, som efter aborten længe havde været svag, blev frisk igjen
  my wife, who had been weak for a long time after the abortion, recovered
- 1996, Ketil Bjørnstad, Historien om Edvard Munch, page 337:
  maleriet [var ikke] noe maleri i det hele tatt, men en abort
  the painting [was] not a painting at all, but an abortion
(medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)
Synonyms: abortus provocatus, fosterfordrivelse, utskrapning

foreta en abort ― perform an abortion

kjønnsbetinget abort ― gendered abortion

selvbestemt abort ― self-determined abortion (artificial abortion that a pregnant woman may require performed by the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, according to Norwegian law)
- 1973, Tor Edvin Dahl, Guds tjener, page 136:
  foreldrene sendte ham to tusen kroner og det ble ordnet med illegal abort
  his parents sent him two thousand kroner and an illegal abortion was arranged
- 1975, Liv Køltzow, Historien om Eli, page 119:
  hun var helt desperat av redsel for at hun ikke skulle få innvilget aborten
  she was desperate for fear that she would not be granted an abortion
- 1976, Mette Hansen, Kasino, page 33:
  Brita var en av foregangskvinnene for selvbestemt abort
  Brita was one of the pioneers of self-determined abortion
- 1990, Kåre Willoch, Statsminister, page 53:
  de sterkeste og mest innflytelsesrike motstandere av selvbestemt abort
  the strongest and most influential opponents of self-determined abortion
(medicine, now rare) a premature foetus
(technology) the act of aborting
Synonym: abortere

Derived terms

abortfremkallende
aborthai
abortinngrep
abortlege
abortlov
abortlovgivning
abortmotstander
abortnemnd
abortpille
abortreise
abortsak
abortstrid
abortsøkende
abortsøknad
aborttilhenger
hjemmeabort
legeabort
senabort

References

“abort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“abort” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“abort” in Store medisinske leksikon

Anagrams

abrot, borat

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

abort

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural abortar, definite plural abortane)

abortion (induced)
miscarriage (spontaneous)
Synonym: spontanabort

Derived terms

spontan abort, spontanabort

References

“abort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

abort

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English abort.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɔrt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -abɔrt
Syllabification: a‧bort

Noun

abort m inan

(medicine) abortion (act of inducing abortion)
Synonym: aborcja

Coordinate term: poronienie
(computing) force quit, closing (act of stopping a program)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	abort	aborty
genitive	abortu	abortów
dative	abortowi	abortom
accusative	abort	aborty
instrumental	abortem	abortami
locative	aborcie	abortach
vocative	aborcie	aborty

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aborcyjnie

nouns

verb

abortować impf or pf

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English abort.

Noun

abort m (plural aborts)

(computing) abort (function used to abort a process)
Synonym: abortamento

Noun

abort c

abort, abortion (the process of ending a pregnancy)
Hon gjorde abort
She had an abortion
(obsolete) an abort, a miscarriage

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More information nominative, genitive ...

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	abort	aborts
singular	definite	aborten	abortens
plural	indefinite	aborter	aborters
plural	definite	aborterna	aborternas

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Derived terms

abortpiller (“abortion pill”)

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Descendants

→ Finnish: abortti

References

abort in Svensk ordbok (SO)
abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
abort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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borta, botar

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abort

Latin spelling of аборт (abort)

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