sort

See also şort

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɔːt/, SAMPA: /sO:t/
• (US) IPA: /sɔɹt/, SAMPA: /sOrt/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: sought (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin root of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”)

Noun

sort (plural sorts)

1. A general type.
2. (dated) group, company.
3. (informal) A person.

   This guy's a decent sort.

4. An act of sorting.

   I had a sort of my cupboard

5. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order.
6. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (type): genre, genus, kind, type, variety
• (person): character, individual, person, type
• (act of sorting): sort-out
• (in computing): sort algorithm, sorting algorithm
• (typography): glyph, type
• See also Wikisaurus:class

Derived terms

terms derived from "sort"

allsorts, all sorts bead sort binary tree sort blort sort bogo-sort bozo sort bubble sort bucket sort cocktail sort comb sort counting sort drunk man sort gnome sort heapsort insertion sort in sort introsort, introspective sort library sort

merge sort monkey sort out of sorts pigeonhole sort quicksort radix sort selection sort shell sort smoothsort sorta sort of sort out stochastic sort stupid sort stooge sort

Translations

type

Afrikaans: soort (af), tipe (af) Albanian: soj (sq), farë (sq) f. Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: տիպ (hy) (tip), սեռ (hy) (seṙ) Bengali: প্রকার (bn) Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: soort (nl) f. (sometimes informally n) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tyyppi (fi), laji (fi), sortti (fi) (informal) French: type (fr) m., genre (fr) m., acabit (fr) m. Georgian: ტიპი (ka) German: Art (de) f., Sorte (de) f. Hebrew: סוג (he) (soog) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: fajta (hu), féle (hu) Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Italian: specie (it) f., genere (it) m., tipo (it) m. Japanese: 類い (ja) (たぐい, tagui), 種類 (ja) (しゅるい, shurui)

Javanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: Zort (lb) f. Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: typ (pl) m., rodzaj (pl) m. Portuguese: tipo (pt) m. Punjabi: please add this translation if you can Romanian: fel (ro) f. and m., gen (ro) Russian: тип (ru) (tip) m. Scottish Gaelic: gnè (gd) f., seòrsa (gd) m. Spanish: tipo (es) m., género (es) m., suerte (es) f., clase (es) f. Swedish: sort (sv) c., slag (sv) n. Tagalog: uri (tl), klase (tl) Telugu: రకము (te) (rakamu) Turkish: cins (tr), soy (tr) Urdu: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

person

Afrikaans: soort (af) Armenian: տիպ (hy) (tip) Finnish: tyyppi (fi) French: type (fr) m.

Italian: tipo (it) m. Japanese: 人 (ja) (hito), 類い (ja) (tagui) Russian: тип (ru) (tip) m. (only derogatory) Swedish: typ (sv) c.

act of sorting

Afrikaans: sortering (af) Dutch: sorteren (nl) n. Finnish: lajittelu (fi), järjestely (fi), aakkostus (fi) (alphabetically) French: triage (fr) m., tri (fr) m. (but the phrase "to have a sort of" is more idiomatically translated by the verb "trier", to sort, or "ranger", to sort, to tidy) German: sortieren (de) v Hebrew: סידור (he) (sidoor) m.

Hungarian: válogat (hu) Japanese: 並べ替え (ja) (ならべかえ, narabekae), ソート (ja) (sōto) Persian: مرتب‌سازی (fa) Polish: sortowanie (pl) n. Russian: сортировка (ru) (sortiróvka) f. Spanish: ordenar (es) Swedish: sortering (sv) c. Telugu: అమరిక (te) (amarika)

computing algorithm

Afrikaans: sorteeralgoritme (af) Finnish: sorttaus (fi) French: tri (fr) m. Hebrew: מיון (he) (miyoon) m. Japanese: ソート (ja) (sōto), 並べ替え (ja) (ならべかえ, narabekae), ソートアルゴリズム (ja) (sōto arugorizumu)

Persian: مرتب‌سازی (fa) Russian: алгоритм сортировки (algorítm sortiróvki) m. Swedish: sorteringsalgoritm (sv) c.

(typography) metal type

German: Letter (de) f.

Etymology 2

From Old French sortir (“allot, sort”), from Latin sortire (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors

Verb

sort (third-person singular simple present sorts, present participle sorting, simple past and past participle sorted)

1. (transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.
2. (transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
3. (UK) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.

Usage notes

In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in the form “I’ll get you sorted,” or “Now that’s sorted,” – in American usage sort out is used instead.

Synonyms

• (separate according to certain criteria): categorise/categorize, class, classify, group
• (arrange into some sort of order): order, rank

Derived terms

• sorted
• sorting
• sort out

Translations

separate according to certain criteria

Afrikaans: sorteer, kategoriseer, klassifiseer, groepeer Czech: třídit (cs) Dutch: sorteren (nl) Finnish: lajitella (fi) French: trier (fr), classer (fr) German: sortieren (de) Hebrew: סדר (he) (sidér), מיין (he) (miyén) Icelandic: flokka (is)

Italian: classificare (it) Japanese: 選別する (ja) (senbetsusuru), 分類する (ja) (bunruisuru) Portuguese: classificar (pt) Romanian: clasifica (ro), împărți (ro) Russian: сортировать (sortirovát’), разбирать (razbirát’) Spanish: clasificar (es) Swedish: sortera (sv) Telugu: పేర్చు (paerchu), అమర్చు (amarchu)

arrange in order

Afrikaans: sorteer, rangskik Czech: seřadit (cs), řadit (cs) Dutch: rangschikken (nl) Estonian: järjestama (et) Finnish: järjestää, aakkostaa (alphabetically) French: trier (fr), ranger (fr) German: sortieren (de) Hebrew: סדר (he) (sidér), מיין (he) (miyén) Italian: mettere in ordine

Japanese: 整列する (ja) (seiretsusuru), ソートする (ja) (sōto-suru) (for computing) Norwegian: sortere (no) Persian: مرتب‌سازی (fa) Portuguese: ordenar (pt) Romanian: sorta (ro), aranja (ro) Russian: сортировать (sortirovát’) Spanish: ordenar (es) Swedish: ordna (sv) Telugu: పేర్చు (paerchu), అమర్చు (amarchu)

fix a problem

Portuguese: arrumar (pt)

Swedish: fixa (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: law · show · terms · #434: sort · town · dark · ye

Anagrams

• orts, OTRS, rots, RTOS, tors

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Catalan

Noun

sort f. (uncountable)

1. luck
2. fortune

Derived terms

• bona sort
• mala sort
• per sort

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svartr (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [soɐ̯d̥]

Adjective

sort (neuter sort, definite and plural sorte)

1. black (absorbing all light)

Etymology 2

From French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sors (“lot, fate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sɒːˀd̥]

Noun

sort c. (singular definite sorten, plural indefinite sorter)

1. sort, kind
2. quality
3. brand
4. (botany) cultivar

Inflection

    Inflection of sort

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sort	sorten	sorter	sorterne
genitive	sorts	sortens	sorters	sorternes

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French

Etymology

Latin sors

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔʁ/

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• Homophone: sors

Noun

sort m.

1. lot, fate
2. spell (magical incantation)

Verb

sort

1. third-person singular present indicative of sortir

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃort/

Noun

sort (plural sortok)

1. shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
2. accusative singular of sor

Synonyms

• rövidnadrág

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Norwegian

Noun

sort

1. A sort#English (general type)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔʈ/, X-SAMPA: /sOt`/
• Rhymes: -ɔʈ

Inflection

    Inflection of sort

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	sort	sorten	sorter	sortene
Nynorsk m	sort	sorten	sortar	sortane

Adjective

sort

1. black

Alternate forms

svart (Bokmål)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /suʈ/, X-SAMPA: /sut`/
• Rhymes: -uʈ

Inflection

    Inflection of sort

Bokmål		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	sort	sorte	Comparative	sortere	Superlative	sortest	sorteste
	Feminine singular	sort	sorte
	Neuter singular	sort	sorte
	Plural	sorte	sorte

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

sort c.

1. sort, kind

Declension

Declension of sort

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sort	sorten	sorter	sorterna
genitive	sorts	sortens	sorters	sorternas

Synonyms

• slag