abort

See also Abort

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɔːt/
• (US) IPA: /əˈbɔːɹt/

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Etymology

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

Noun

abort (plural aborts)

1. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vi:

     In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.

2. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
3. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
4. (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.

   We've had three aborts over the last two days.

5. (military) An early termination of a mission.

   We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.

Translations

A miscarriage

Bulgarian: помятане (bg), аборт (bg) Catalan: avortament m. Crimean Tatar: abort Finnish: keskenmeno (fi) French: fausse couche (fr) f. German: Abort (de) m., Schwangerschaftsabbruch (de) m. Persian: سقط جنین (fa)

Portuguese: aborto (pt) m. Russian: аборт (ru) (abórt) m., выкидыш (ru) (výkidyš) m. Serbo-Croatian: pobačaj (sh) Spanish: aborto, m. Swahili: aviya (sw) Swedish: abort (sv) c., missfall (sv) n. Traditional Chinese: 流產, 墮胎, 早產

The product of a miscarriage

French: avorton (fr) m. Mandarin: 中止 (cmn), 夭折 (cmn) Portuguese: aborto (pt) m.

Serbo-Croatian: pobačaj (sh) Swahili: aviya (sw)

The function used to abort a process

Estonian: katkestus (et) German: Abbruch (de) m.

Swahili: aviya (sw) Traditional Chinese: 中斷, 放棄

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.
2. (transitive) To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.
3. (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
4. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
5. (military) To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.

Derived terms

• abortee
• aborter
• abortifacient
• abortion
• abortive
• abortment
• abortorium
• abortus

See also

• abend
• exception

Translations

to miscarry

Bulgarian: помятам, абортирам Catalan: avortar Czech: potratit (cs) Dutch: (een) miskraam hebben, voortijdig bevallen French: faire une fausse couche (fr) Italian: abortire (it), fallire (it)

Portuguese: abortar (pt) Serbo-Croatian: pobaciti Spanish: abortar (es) Swahili: aviya (sw) Swedish: få missfall (sv) Telugu: గర్భస్రావం, గర్భ విచ్ఛిత్తి, గర్భపాతం, గర్భోత్పాటనం

to cause a premature termination

Czech: potratit (cs) Dutch: (doen) aborteren, beëindigen, doen mislukken Estonian: katkestamine (et) Finnish: tehdä abortti, abortoida French: avorter (fr), interrompre (fr), abandonner (fr) Italian: abortire (it), interrompere (it) Portuguese: abortar (pt)

Serbo-Croatian: pobaciti Swahili: aviya (sw) Swedish: abortera (sv) Telugu: అకాల ప్రసవం Traditional Chinese: 中斷 (zhong duan) Welsh: erthylu (cy)

(biology) to become checked in normal development

Swahili: aviya (sw)

Swedish: förkrympa (sv), bli rudimentär (sv)

(computing) to terminate a process prior to completion

Dutch: annuleren (nl), aborteren (nl), stoppen (nl) Finnish: keskeyttää (fi) French: interrompre (fr), abandonner (fr), échouer (fr), s'arrêter (fr) German: abbrechen (de) Italian: interrompere (it), fermare (it)

Portuguese: abortar (pt) Swahili: aviya (sw) Swedish: avbryta (sv), stoppa (sv) Telugu: నిలుపు, ఆపు, నిలిచిపోవు, ఆగిపోవు

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Interlingua: abortar, aborto Thai: ยกเลิก

Vietnamese: sẩy thai, đẻ non, không phát triển, thui, làm sẩy thai, phá thai

References

• abort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Anagrams

• boart
• tabor

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin abortus.

Noun

abort

1. abort, abortion

Declension

    declension of abort

nominative	abort
genitive	abortnıñ
dative	abortqa
accusative	abortnı
locative	abortta
ablative	aborttan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

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Noun

abort c. (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage

Inflection

    Inflection of abort

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

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑ"bɔʈ/, X-SAMPA: /A"bOt`/
• Rhymes: -ɔʈ

Noun

abort m.

1. abortion (miscarriage)

Inflection

    Inflection of abort

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	abort	aborten	aborter	abortene
Nynorsk m	abort	aborten	abortar	abortane

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Swedish

Noun

abort c.

1. (obsolete) an abort, a miscarriage
2. an abort, an abortion (about the process of aborting a pregnancy)

Declension

Declension of abort

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

Related terms

• abortera
• abortiv
• abortmedel
• få abort
• göra abort

References

• abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)