resort

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɨˈzɔ(ɹ)t/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
2. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).

   to have resort to violence

   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 81, column 2:

     Ioyne with me to forbid him her reſort,

3. (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
   • a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673, page 40:

     Far from all reſort of mirth,

Descendants

• → Japanese: リゾート (rizōto)
• → Portuguese: resort
• → Spanish: resort

Derived terms

• seaside resort
• Silverado Resort

Translations

a relaxing environment for people on vacation

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مُنْتَجَع‎ m (muntajaʿ)
• Armenian: կուրորտ (hy) (kurort), (health) առողջարան (hy) (aṙołǰaran)
• Bulgarian: куро́рт (bg) m (kurórt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 度假勝地, 度假胜地 (dùjià shèngdì), 度假村 (dùjiàcūn), 渡假村 (dùjiàcūn)

• Dutch: vakantieoord (nl)
• Estonian: kuurort
• Finnish: lomakohde (fi)
• French: lieu de vacances m, resort (fr) m
• Georgian: კურორტი (ḳurorṭi)
• German: Kurort (de) m, Resort (de) m, Ferienort (de) m
• Greek: θέρετρο (el) n (théretro), εντευκτήριο (el) n (entefktírio)
• Hebrew: כְּפָר נֹפֶשׁ‎ (he) m (kfar nófesh)
• Japanese: リゾート (rizōto)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: wāhi whakatā, tūnga whakatā, taunga whakatā, hōtēra whakatā
• Persian: ویلا‎ (fa)
• Polish: kurort (pl) m, uzdrowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: resort (pt) m
• Russian: куро́рт (ru) m (kurórt), здра́вница (ru) f (zdrávnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: estación turística f, complejo vacacional m, resort (es) m
• Swedish: semesterort c, kurort (sv) c, badort (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: tatil köyü (tr)
• Vietnamese: khu nghỉ dưỡng (區𢪀養)

something or someone turned to for safety

• Bulgarian: убежищв n (ubežištv)
• Dutch: uitweg (nl), toevlucht (nl)
• Finnish: turva (fi)
• French: sortie (fr), recours (fr)
• German: Ausweg (de) m, Zuflucht (de) f
• Greek: καταφύγιο (el) n (katafýgio)

• Maori: puninga
• Portuguese: refúgio (pt) m
• Spanish: recurso (es) m, refugio (es) m
• Swedish: tillflykt (sv) c, tillhåll (sv) n

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

1. (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:

     The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

     He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table […]

   • 1959 November, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification retrospect”, in Trains Illustrated, page 544:

     The North British Railway was always anxious to connect its line to Helensburgh Pier but the local residents would not permit their foreshore or promenade to be disfigured, so the company had to resort further east and on May 18, 1882, opened the railway pier and station at Craigendoran.

   • 2012 January 1, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, page 60:

     Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

2. (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
   • 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Touching the Course of Descents in England”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], OCLC 723462176, page 211:

     But the Inheritance of the Son never reſorted to the Mother, or to any of her Anceſtors, but both ſhe and they were totally excluded from the Succeſſion.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:

     I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard.

3. (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XIII:

     The same daye went Jesus out off the housse, and sat by the seesyde, and moch people resorted unto him, so gretly that he went and sat in a shyppe, and all the people stode on the shoore.

Derived terms

• last resort

Translations

to have recourse out of necessity or frustration

• Azerbaijani: əl atmaq
• Bulgarian: прибягвам (bg) (pribjagvam), обръщам се към (obrǎštam se kǎm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 求助 (zh)

• Finnish: turvautua (fi)
• French: recourir (fr) (à)
• German: zurückgreifen (de), verlegen sich (de), verfallen (de)
• Greek: καταφεύγω (el) (katafévgo), προσφεύγω (el) (prosfévgo)

• Hungarian: folyamodik (hu)
• Italian: fare ricorso
• Latin: confugio (la) (ad)
• Norwegian: ty til
• Occitan: recórrer (oc)
• Persian: اندخسیدن‎ (fa) (andaxsidan)
• Polish: uciec się (pl) pf, uciekać się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: recorrer (pt)
• Spanish: recurrir (es)

to fall back

• Finnish: palautua

• German: zurückfallen (de), heimfallen, zurückkehren (de)

to make one's way

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 诉诸 (zh)

• Finnish: päästä (fi)
• German: kommen (de)

Etymology 2

re- +‎ sort

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈsɔ(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To repeat a sorting process; sort again.

Alternative forms

• re-sort

Translations

to repeat a sorting process

• Bulgarian: преподреждам (prepodreždam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新排列

• Finnish: uudelleenjärjestää, järjestää uudelleen
• French: retrier (fr)
• Greek: επαναταξινομώ (el) (epanataxinomó)

• Polish: posortować ponownie (pl)
• Portuguese: reordenar
• Spanish: reordenar, realinear, reacomodar
• Swedish: omsortera

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. An act of sorting again.
   • 1991, Dr. Dobb's journal: software tools for the professional programmer, Volume 16:

     "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.

Etymology 3

From French ressort.

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. (obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Cunning

     Some […] know the resorts and falls of business that cannot sink into the main of it.

Further reading

• “resort” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “resort” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• resort at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “resort”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Storer, Torres, retros, roster, sorter, storer

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Czech

Alternative forms

• rezort

Etymology

From German Ressort

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛsort]

Noun

resort m inan

1. province, department, section

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	resort	resorty
genitive	resortu	resortů
dative	resortu	resortům
accusative	resort	resorty
vocative	resorte	resorty
locative	resortu, resortě	resortech
instrumental	resortem	resorty

Related terms

• resortní

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English resort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈzɔrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: re‧sort
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

resort n (plural resorts)

1. A resort (place with recreational environment for holidays).

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ressort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.sɔrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɔrt
• Syllabification: re‧sort

Noun

resort m inan

1. government department

   Synonym: ministerstwo

2. (colloquial) jurisdiction (power or right to exercise authority)

   Synonym: kompetencje

Declension

Declension of resort

	singular	plural
nominative	resort	resorty
genitive	resortu	resortów
dative	resortowi	resortom
accusative	resort	resorty
instrumental	resortem	resortami
locative	resorcie	resortach
vocative	resorcie	resorty

Derived terms

adjective

• resortowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English resort.

Noun

resort m (plural resorts)

1. resort (a relaxing environment for people on vacation)

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Spanish

Etymology

From English resort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈsoɾt/, [reˈsoɾt̪]

Noun

resort m (plural resorts)

1. resort (place for vacation)

Further reading

• “resort”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014