abortus

See also: Abortus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”). Doublet of abort.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹ.təs/

Noun

abortus (plural abortuses or aborti)

1. An abortion. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
2. An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

   Synonyms: (now rare) abort, (now rare) abortion

Derived terms

• abortus fever

Anagrams

• Aburtos, Basurto, bars out, outbars, robusta, rubatos, tabours

Czech

Alternative forms

• abort

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabortus]

Noun

abortus m inan

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

   Synonym: potrat

Declension

Declension of abortus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)

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

Further reading

• “abortus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “abortus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “abortus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “abortus”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈbɔr.tʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: abor‧tus

Noun

abortus m (plural abortussen, diminutive abortusje n)

1. abortion, induced abortion

   Synonyms: abortus provocatus, zwangerschapsafbreking, zwangerschapsonderbreking, vruchtafdrijving

2. miscarriage, spontaneous abortion

   Synonym: miskraam

Derived terms

• aborteren
• abortusarts
• abortuskliniek
• abortusrecht

Related terms

• aborteren
• abortorium

Descendants

• → Indonesian: abortus

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbortus/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ortus
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧tus

Verb

abortus

1. conditional of aborti

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbortus/

Verb

abortus

1. conditional of abortar

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch abortus, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”). Doublet of aborsi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɔrt̪ʊs/
• Hyphenation: abor‧tus

Noun

abortus (plural abortus-abortus)

1. (obstetrics) abortus; abortion

Derived terms

• abortus habitualis
• abortus iminens
• abortus infeksius
• abortus inkomplet
• abortus insipiens
• abortus komplet
• abortus provokatus
• abortus septik
• abortus spontan
• abortus terancam
• abortus terapeutik
• abortus tertunda

Related terms

• aborsi
• abortif
• abortifasien
• abortivum

Further reading

• “abortus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• Abdul Bani Saifuddin; Trijatmo Rachimhadhi; Teuku Zulkifli Jacoeb; Ellya Iswati (1993), Kamus Obstetri dan Ginekologi [Dictionary of Obstetrics and Gynecology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN , page 1: “abortus”

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.tus]

Etymology 1

From aborior +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

abortus m (genitive abortūs); fourth declension

1. premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion
   • 165 B.C.E., Terence, Hecyra [1], Act 3 Scene 3:

     […] sed si fieri id non potest quin sentiant, dicam abortum esse.

     […] but if that can not be managed, and they do find it out, I will say that it was a miscarriage.

   • 2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia‎^[2], Vatican:

     […] ob conscientiae dignitatis amorem Ecclesia omnibus viribus Statum cogentem reicit, qui fovet atocium, sterilitatis inductionem, immo vel abortum.

     […] for the sake of this dignity of conscience, the Church strongly rejects the forced State intervention in favour of contraception, sterilization and even abortion.

   Synonyms: aborsus, abortiō, abortīvum, abortum

2. (figuratively) an unfinished piece

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abortus	abortūs
genitive	abortūs	abortuum
dative	abortuī	abortibus
accusative	abortum	abortūs
ablative	abortū	abortibus
vocative	abortus	abortūs

Descendants

• → Asturian: albuertu
• → Crimean Tatar: abort
• → Danish: abort
• → Dutch: abortus
  • → Indonesian: abortus
• → English: abort
  • → Polish: abort
  • → Portuguese: abort
• → English: abortus
• → German: Abort
  • → Bulgarian: аборт (abort)
  • → Estonian: abort
• → Hungarian: abortusz
• → Istriot: abórdo
• → Italian: aborto
• → Latvian: aborts
• → Lithuanian: abortas
• → Macedonian: абортус (abortus)
• → Norwegian: abort
• → Portuguese: aborto
• → Russian: аборт (abort)
  • → Armenian: աբորտ (abort)
  • → Eastern Mari: аборт (abort)
  • → Livvi: abortu
• → Serbo-Croatian: abortus / абортус
• → Sicilian: abbortu
• → Spanish: aborto
  • → Hiligaynon: aborto
• → Swedish: abort
  • → Finnish: abortti
• → Tatar: аборт (abort)
• → Ukrainian: аборт (abort)
• → Uzbek: abort

Etymology 2

Perfect active participle of aborior (“to pass away; to miscarry”).

Participle

abortus (feminine aborta, neuter abortum); first/second-declension participle

1. disappearing, passing away; having disappeared or passed away
2. miscarrying, aborting; having miscarried or aborted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	abortus	aborta	abortum		abortī	abortae	aborta
genitive	abortī	abortae	abortī		abortōrum	abortārum	abortōrum
dative	abortō	abortae	abortō		abortīs
accusative	abortum	abortam	abortum		abortōs	abortās	aborta
ablative	abortō	abortā	abortō		abortīs
vocative	aborte	aborta	abortum		abortī	abortae	aborta

Related terms

• aborior
• aborīscor
• aborsus
• abortiō
• abortīvum
• abortīvus
• abortō
• abortum

References

• “ăbortus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abortus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ăbortus² / ăbortŭs¹”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

abortus m

1. accusative plural of aborts

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abǒrtus/

Noun

abòrtus m inan (Cyrillic spelling або̀ртус)

1. miscarriage

   Synonym: pȍbačāj

Declension

Declension of abortus

	singular	plural
nominative	abortus	abortusi
genitive	abortusa	abortusa
dative	abortusu	abortusima
accusative	abortus	abortuse
vocative	abortuse	abortusi
locative	abortusu	abortusima
instrumental	abortusom	abortusima

Further reading

• “abortus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026