abort

See also: Abort

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

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

Noun

abort (plural aborts)

1. (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.

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

2. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
3. (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.

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

4. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
5. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17^th century.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection vi:

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

Descendants

• → Polish: abort
• → Portuguese: abort

Translations

early termination of a mission

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中止 (zh) (zhōngzhǐ)

• Finnish: keskeytys (fi)
• German: Abort (de) m

function used to abort a process

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中斷 / 中断 (zh) (zhōngduàn), 放棄 / 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì), 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 腰斬 / 腰斩 (zh) (yāozhǎn)

• Dutch: afbreken (nl)
• Esperanto: abortigo (eo), ĉesigo
• Estonian: katkestus
• Finnish: keskeytys (fi)
• German: Abbruch (de) m
• Japanese: 中止 (ja) (chūshi)
• Malay: henti paksa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abort (no) m, avbrytelse (no) m

• Portuguese: abort (pt) m, abortamento (pt) m

event to abort a computer process

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終止 / 终止 (zh) (zhōngzhǐ)

• Dutch: voortijdige beëindiging
• Finnish: keskeytys (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

product of a miscarriage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夭折 (zh) (yāozhé)

• Dutch: miskraam (nl) f
• Finnish: keskonen (fi)
• French: avorton (fr) m
• Ido: aborturo (io)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

• Portuguese: aborto (pt) m, abortado (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: pobačaj (sh)

miscarriage

• Bulgarian: помя́тане (bg) n (pomjátane), або́рт (bg) m (abórt)
• Catalan: avortament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流產 / 流产 (zh) (liúchǎn), 小產 / 小产 (zh) (xiǎochǎn), 墮胎 / 堕胎 (zh) (duòtāi)

• Crimean Tatar: abort
• Dutch: miskraam (nl) f
• Finnish: keskenmeno (fi)
• French: fausse couche (fr) f
• German: Abort (de) m, Schwangerschaftsabbruch (de) m
• Hungarian: vetélés (hu)
• Ido: aborto (io)
• Japanese: 流産 (ja) (ryūzan)
• Latvian: aborts m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: аборт (abort)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spontanabort (no) m, abort (no) m

• Occitan: abortar
• Persian: سقط جنین (fa) (seqt-e janin), افگانه (fa) (afgâne)
• Portuguese: aborto (pt) m
• Romanian: avort (ro) n, întrerupere de sarcină f
• Russian: або́рт (ru) m (abórt), вы́кидыш (ru) m (výkidyš)
• Serbo-Croatian: pobačaj (sh)
• Spanish: aborto (es) m
• Swedish: missfall (sv) n, abort (sv) c

Etymology 2

From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
   • 1785, Henry Morris, Surgical Diseases of the Kidney, page 458:

     Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.

   • 1983, M. D. Bennett, Chromosomes Today: Volume 8 Proceedings of the Eighth International Chromosome Conference, page 346:

     In the study group ll patients aborted spontaneously between the 17th and 20th gestational week and 8 patients aborted after the 21st week.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19^th century.]
   • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 236:

     "Of course, you can't abort yourself...I mean you positively can't be allowed to. To begin with it's a crime."

3. (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
4. (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
5. (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
6. (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
7. (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
   • 2022, Michael & Stefan Strasser, Chicken Wings‎^[1] (comic):

     First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion!

8. (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
9. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

Derived terms

Terms derived from abort (verb)

• abortable
• abortal
• abortation
• abortee
• aborter
• abortient
• abortifacient
• abortifactive
• abortificant
• abortion
• abortist
• abortive
• abortment
• abortogenic
• abortorium
• abortuary
• abortus
• misabort
• nonaborting
• pro-abort
• unabort

Translations

to miscarry

• Arabic: يُجْهِض (yujhiḍ)

  Egyptian Arabic: يجهض (yegheḍ), يسقط (yesaʔaṭṭ)

• Armenian: վիժել (hy) (vižel)
• Bulgarian: помятам (bg) (pomjatam), абортирам (bg) (abortiram)
• Burmese: ကိုယ်ဝန်ပျက် (my) (kuiywanpyak), သားပျက် (my) (sa:pyak), သားလျှော (my) (sa:hlyau:), ဇီးလျှော (my) (ji:hlyau:)
• Catalan: avortar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流產 / 流产 (zh) (liúchǎn), 小產 / 小产 (zh) (xiǎochǎn), 墮胎 / 堕胎 (zh) (duòtāi)

• Czech: potratit
• Dutch: (een) miskraam hebben, ^{(please verify)} voortijdig bevallen
• Esperanto: aborti
• Finnish: saada keskenmeno
• French: faire une fausse couche (fr)
• Hebrew: הִפִּיל (he) (hipíl)
• Ido: abortar (io)
• Italian: abortire (it), fallire (it)
• Japanese: 流産する (ja) (ryūzan suru)
• Latin: aborior
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abortere (no), spontanabortere

• Portuguese: abortar (pt), perder (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: pobaciti (sh)
• Spanish: abortar (es)
• Swahili: -avya mimba
• Swedish: få missfall (sv)
• Telugu: గర్భస్రావం (te) (garbhasrāvaṁ), గర్భ విచ్ఛిత్తి (garbha vicchitti), గర్భపాతం (garbhapātaṁ), గర్భోత్పాటనం (garbhōtpāṭanaṁ)
• Thai: แท้ง (th) (tɛ́ɛng)
• Urdu: حمل ضائع کرنا (hamal zā'e karnā), حمل اسقاط کرنا (hamal isqāt karnā), حمل گرانا (hamal girānā), پیٹ گرانا (peṭ girānā), اخراج جنین کرنا (ixrāj-e-janīn karnā), حمل ساقط کرنا (hamal sāqit karnā)

to cause a premature termination

• Armenian: վիժել (hy) (vižel), վիժեցնել (hy) (vižecʻnel)
• Azerbaijani: uşaq salmaq
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中斷 / 中断 (zh) (zhōngduàn), 放棄 / 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì), 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 腰斬 / 腰斩 (zh) (yāozhǎn)

• Czech: potratit
• Dutch: (doen) aborteren, ^{(please verify)} beëindigen (nl), ^{(please verify)} doen mislukken
• Esperanto: abortigi
• Estonian: katkestamine
• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
• French: avorter (fr), interrompre (fr), abandonner (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: הִפִּיל (he) (hipíl)
• Italian: abortire (it), interrompere (it)
• Japanese: 堕ろす (orosu)
• Latin: abigo (la)
• Māori: whakatahe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abortere (no)

• Portuguese: abortar (pt), cancelar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: pobaciti (sh)
• Swahili: -avya mimba, -toa mimba
• Swedish: abortera (sv)
• Telugu: అకాల ప్రసవం (akāla prasavaṁ)
• Thai: ทำแท้ง (th) (tam-tɛ́ɛng)
• Vietnamese: sẩy thai (vi), phá thai (vi)
• Welsh: erthylu (cy)

to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages

• Armenian: ձախողվել (hy) (jaxoġvel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流產 / 流产 (zh) (liúchǎn), 中斷 / 中断 (zh) (zhōngduàn), 放棄 / 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì), 停止 (zh) (tíngzhǐ), 腰斬 / 腰斩 (zh) (yāozhǎn)

• Dutch: doen stoppen in een vroegtijdig stadium, voortijdig afbreken
• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
• Greek: διακόπτω (el) (diakópto)
• Hebrew: ביטל m (bitél), ויתר (he) m (vitér)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abortere (no), avbryte (no), stoppe (no), stanse

• Swahili: -avya
• Thai: ยกเลิก (th) (yók-lə̂ək), เลิก (th) (lə̂ək), หยุด (th) (yùt)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

biology: to become checked in normal development

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: onvolgroeid blijven
• Finnish: keskeytyä (fi), pysähtyä (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

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

biology: to cause an organism to develop minimally

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: keskeyttää kasvu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

military: to abandon a mission

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

aeronautics: to terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: afbreken (nl), voortijdig beëindigen
• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

computing: to terminate a process prior to completion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 終止 / 终止 (zh) (zhōngzhǐ)

• Dutch: annuleren (nl), aborteren (nl), stoppen (nl), afbreken (nl)
• Esperanto: abortigi, ĉesigi
• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
• French: interrompre (fr), abandonner (fr), échouer (fr), s'arrêter (fr)
• German: abbrechen (de)
• Indonesian: menghentikan (id)
• Italian: interrompere (it), fermare (it)
• Māori: haukoti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abortere (no)

• Polish: przerwać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: abortar (pt)
• Russian: прервать (ru) pf (prervatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: prekinuti (sh)
• Swedish: avbryta (sv), stoppa (sv)
• Telugu: నిలుపు (te) (nilupu), ఆపు (te) (āpu), నిలిచిపోవు (te) (nilicipōvu), ఆగిపోవు (āgipōvu)

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abortar, ^{(please verify)} aborto
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sẩy thai (vi), ^{(please verify)} đẻ non (vi), ^{(please verify)} không phát triển, ^{(please verify)} thui (vi), ^{(please verify)} làm sẩy thai, ^{(please verify)} phá thai (vi)

See also

• (computing) abend, exception

References

• “abort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
• “abort” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, →ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835

Anagrams

• rabot, Bator, Tobar, Tabor, tobra, Barot, Barto, Torba, boart, ORBAT, tabor

Cebuano

Etymology

From English abort, from Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧bort

Verb

abort

1. to abort; to cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Noun

abort

1. abort, abortion

Declension

Declension of abort

	singular	plural
nominative	abort	abortlar
genitive	abortnıñ	abortlarnıñ
dative	abortqa	abortlarğa
accusative	abortnı	abortlarnı
locative	abortta	abortlarda
ablative	aborttan	abortlardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Alternative forms

• abortus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabort]

Noun

abort m inan

1. (medicine) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)

   Synonym: potrat

Declension

Declension of abort (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	abort	aborty
genitive	abortu	abortů
dative	abortu	abortům
accusative	abort	aborty
vocative	aborte	aborty
locative	abortu	abortech
instrumental	abortem	aborty

Further reading

• “abort”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “abort”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “abort”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “abort”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abʌɐ̯t/
• Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

Noun

abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage

Inflection

Declension of abort

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abort	aborten	aborter	aborterne
genitive	aborts	abortens	aborters	aborternes

Estonian

Etymology

From German Abort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈb̥ort/
• Rhymes: -ort

Noun

abort (genitive abordi, partitive aborti)

1. abortion

   Mu tüdruk tahab aborti teha.

   My girl wants an abortion.

2. miscarriage

Declension

Declension of abort (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		abort	abordid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	abordi
genitive			abortide
partitive		aborti	aborte abortisid
illative		aborti abordisse	abortidesse abordesse
inessive		abordis	abortides abordes
elative		abordist	abortidest abordest
allative		abordile	abortidele abordele
adessive		abordil	abortidel abordel
ablative		abordilt	abortidelt abordelt
translative		abordiks	abortideks abordeks
terminative		abordini	abortideni
essive		abordina	abortidena
abessive		abordita	abortideta
comitative		abordiga	abortidega

Derived terms

• abordivastane
• abortiivne
• spontaanabort
• tabletiabort
• tehisabort

References

• abort in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“to disappear; to miscarry, be aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“to rise, appear, be born”), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈ/, /aˈbɔʁt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔʈ, -ɔʁt, -ɔrt
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural aborter, definite plural abortene)

1. (medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)

   Synonyms: misfødsel, fosterdrap, svangerskapsavbrytelse, svangerskapsavbrudd

   illegal abort ― illegal abortion

   provosert abort ― provoked abortion

2. (medicine) a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)

   Synonym: spontanabort

   ha en abort ― have an abortion

   ta abort ― induce abortion

   habituell abort ― habitual abortion (the miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies)

   • 1840 June 23, Den Norske Rigstidende, page 2:

     mange mene, at hensigten [med attentatet] kun har været at forskrække dronningen og derved foraarsage en abort

     many believe that the intention [of the assassination] was only to frighten the queen and thereby cause an abortion

   • 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 298:

     hun havde hørt, at ægteskaber, hvori det første svangerskab endte med abort, som oftest bleve barnløse

     she had heard that marriages in which the first pregnancy ended in abortion often became childless

   • 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 295:

     min kone, som efter aborten længe havde været svag, blev frisk igjen

     my wife, who had been weak for a long time after the abortion, recovered

   • 1996, Ketil Bjørnstad, Historien om Edvard Munch, page 337:

     maleriet [var ikke] noe maleri i det hele tatt, men en abort

     the painting [was] not a painting at all, but an abortion

3. (medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)

   Synonyms: abortus provocatus, fosterfordrivelse, utskrapning

   foreta en abort ― perform an abortion

   kjønnsbetinget abort ― gendered abortion

   selvbestemt abort ― self-determined abortion (artificial abortion that a pregnant woman may require performed by the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, according to Norwegian law)

   • 1973, Tor Edvin Dahl, Guds tjener, page 136:

     foreldrene sendte ham to tusen kroner og det ble ordnet med illegal abort

     his parents sent him two thousand kroner and an illegal abortion was arranged

   • 1975, Liv Køltzow, Historien om Eli, page 119:

     hun var helt desperat av redsel for at hun ikke skulle få innvilget aborten

     she was desperate for fear that she would not be granted an abortion

   • 1976, Mette Hansen, Kasino, page 33:

     Brita var en av foregangskvinnene for selvbestemt abort

     Brita was one of the pioneers of self-determined abortion

   • 1990, Kåre Willoch, Statsminister, page 53:

     de sterkeste og mest innflytelsesrike motstandere av selvbestemt abort

     the strongest and most influential opponents of self-determined abortion

4. (medicine, now rare) a premature foetus
5. (technology) the act of aborting

   Synonym: abortere

Derived terms

• abortfremkallende
• aborthai
• abortinngrep
• abortlege
• abortlov
• abortlovgivning
• abortmotstander
• abortnemnd
• abortpille
• abortreise
• abortsak
• abortstrid
• abortsøkende
• abortsøknad
• aborttilhenger
• hjemmeabort
• legeabort
• senabort

See also

• abortus (“abortion, monstrosity”)
• abortiv (“abortive”)
• abortør (“abortionist”)
• fosterreduksjon (“fetal reduction”)

References

• “abort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abort” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abort” in Store medisinske leksikon

Anagrams

• abrot, borat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural abortar, definite plural abortane)

1. abortion (induced)
2. miscarriage (spontaneous)

   Synonym: spontanabort

Derived terms

• spontan abort, spontanabort

References

• “abort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English abort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abɔrt
• Syllabification: a‧bort

Noun

abort m inan

1. (medicine) abortion (act of inducing abortion)

   Synonym: aborcja

   Coordinate term: poronienie

2. (computing) force quit, closing (act of stopping a program)

Declension

Declension of abort

	singular	plural
nominative	abort	aborty
genitive	abortu	abortów
dative	abortowi	abortom
accusative	abort	aborty
instrumental	abortem	abortami
locative	aborcie	abortach
vocative	aborcie	aborty

Related terms

adjectives

• aborcjonistyczny
• aborcyjny
• abortywny

adverb

• aborcyjnie

nouns

• aborcja
• aborcjonista
• aborcjonistka
• aborcjonizm
• aborter
• aborterka

verb

• abortować impf or pf

Further reading

• abort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English abort.

Noun

abort m (plural aborts)

1. (computing) abort (function used to abort a process)

   Synonym: abortamento

Swedish

Noun

abort c

1. abort, abortion (the process of ending a pregnancy)

   Hon gjorde abort

   She had an abortion

2. (obsolete) an abort, a miscarriage

   Synonyms: missfall, spontanabort

Declension

Declension of abort

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

Derived terms

• abortförsök (“attempted abortion”)
• abortpiller (“abortion pill”)
• spontanabort (“miscarriage”)

Related terms

• abortera
• abortiv

Descendants

• → Finnish: abortti

References

• “abort”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “abort”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “abort”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

Anagrams

• borta, botar

Tatar

Noun

abort

1. Latin spelling of аборт (abort)