aborted

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin aborior

Latin abortō

Latin abortareder.

English abort

English -ed

English aborted

From abort + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹtɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

aborted (not comparable)

1. Stopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger.
2. Brought forth prematurely.
3. Checked in normal development at an early stage.

   Spines are aborted branches.

4. (biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
   • 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:

     The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state.

Derived terms

• nonaborted
• unaborted

Translations

brought forth prematurely

• Catalan: avortat (ca)
• Dutch: geaborteerd (nl), voortijdig geboren
• French: avorté (fr) m
• Portuguese: abortado (pt)
• Spanish: abortado (es)
• Swedish: aborterad (sv)

checked in development at an early stage

• French: avorté (fr) m
• Spanish: abortado (es)

rendered abortive or sterile

• Dutch: rudimentair (nl)
• Spanish: abortado (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abortate
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} terminato (it)

Verb

aborted

1. simple past and past participle of abort

Anagrams

• Bretado, borated, tabored, to-bread