sorte

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.

• store, torse, resto, tores, toers, estro-, roset, Soter, Resto, rotes, estro, Oster

sorte

1. definite of sort
2. plural of sort

sorte

1. partitive plural of sort

Inherited from Old French sorte, borrowed from Latin sortem. Doublet of the inherited sort.

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁt/

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sorte f (plural sortes)

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

• → Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)
• → Danish: sort
• → German: Sorte
• → Russian: сорт (sort)
• → Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)

sorte

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

• “sorte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• resto, rotes, store, tores, torse

From Old Galician-Portuguese sorte (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sors, sortem (“lot; fate”). Cognate with Portuguese sorte and Spanish suerte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾte̝/

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. fate, fortune
2. luck
3. share, allotment

   Synonyms: adra, lote, mera, partilla, quiñón

4. lot (a distinct portion or plot of rural land, usually smaller than a field)

   Synonym: mera

• a sortes
• sortear
• sortudo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sorte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sorte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sorte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sorte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sorte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sòr‧te

sorte f (plural sorti)

1. fate

   Synonym: destino

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/^[2]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sòr‧te

sorte f pl

1. plural of sorta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sòr‧te

sorte

1. third-person singular present indicative of sortire

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.te/, /ˈsɔr.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -orte, -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: sór‧te, sòr‧te

sorte f pl

1. feminine plural of sorto

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

sorte

1. ablative singular of sors

• sorte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Old French sorte, borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Cf. sort.

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (Guernsey) sort

sorte

1. definite singular of sort
2. plural of sort

Borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Compare the inherited sort.

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

1. sort; type

• → English: sort
• French: sorte
  • → Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)
  • → Danish: sort
  • → German: Sorte
  • → Russian: сорт (sort)
  • → Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)
• Norman: sorte
• → Scots: sort

From Old Galician-Portuguese sorte, from Latin sortem, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Compare Spanish suerte.

• Hyphenation: sor‧te

sorte f (plural sortes)

1. (dated) sort
2. fate
3. luck
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, 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?

• sortudo

From Middle English sorte, from Old French sorte.

sorte

1. Obsolete form of sort.

• Scottish Language Dictionaries (2017) “sort”, in Concise Scots Dictionary, 2nd edition, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 659