sort

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Adjective 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Noun 3.2.2.1 Inflection 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.4 Verb 5 Hungarian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Synonyms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɔːt/, SAMPA: /sO:t/
• (US) IPA: /sɔɹt/, SAMPA: /sOrt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Homophones: sought (in non-rhotic accents)

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] 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.

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

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• (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

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[edit] Etymology 2

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

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to 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.

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

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• sorted
• sorting
• sort out

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sort m.

1. luck

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse svartr (“‘black’”).

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• IPA: [soɐ̯d̥]

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sort (neuter sort, definite and plural sorte)

1. (color/colour) black (absorbing all light)

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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• IPA: [sɒːˀd̥]

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

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin sors

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• IPA: /sɔʁ/
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sort m.

1. lot

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sort (a form of sortir)

1. he/she/it goes out

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃort/

[edit] Noun

sort (plural sortok)

1. shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)

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• rövidnadrág

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sort

1. black (colour/color)

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for sort	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sort	sorten	sorter	sorterna
Genitive	sorts	sortens	sorters	sorternas

sort c.

1. sort, kind

[edit] Synonyms

• slag