sort

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

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Singular
sort

Plural
sorts

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

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Infinitive
to sort

Third person singular
sorts

Simple past
sorted

Past participle
sorted

Present participle
sorting

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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sort m.

  1. luck

[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)

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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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Latin sors

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sort m.

  1. lot

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sort (a form of sortir)

  1. he/she/it goes out

[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈʃort/

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sort (plural sortok)

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

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sort

  1. black (colour/color)


This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at black. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sort in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008


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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

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