sortie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sortie (“exit, end”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ti/, /sɔˈti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɹ.ti/, /sɔɹˈti/

Noun

sortie (plural sorties)

1. (military) An attack made by troops from a besieged position.
2. (military) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.

   Russia said it carried out 55 sorties in the last 24 hours.

3. (figuratively, sports) An attacking move

Translations

an attack made by troops from a besieged position — see sally

an operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft

• Japanese: 出撃 (ja) (syutsugeki)

• Russian: боевой (ru) (bojevoj) вылет (ru) (vylet)

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Translations to be checked

• French: sortie (fr) f
• German: Ausfall (de) m

• Polish: desant (pl), wypad (pl)
• Spanish: salida (es) f

Verb

sortie (third-person singular simple present sorties, present participle sortying or sortieing, simple past and past participle sortied)

1. (transitive) To sally.

Synonyms

• (an offensive military mission): scramble

Translations

to sally

Anagrams

• Storie, Tories, restio, storie, tiroes, tories, triose, œstri

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French

Etymology

From Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior (“cast lots, divide, receive”), possibly influenced by a derivative of surgō (“get up, arise”). Compare Italian sortire (“produce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.ti/

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Noun

sortie f (plural sorties)

1. An exit or way out.
2. The action of exiting or going out of a place.
3. The end; final part of.
4. The release of a film, book, album etc.
5. A school outing or trip lasting no longer than a day.
6. (military) Leave, sally, sortie

Usage notes

• The meaning "end, release" is used of things such as school, theater etc. where a literal "exit" also occurs.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• de sortie
• sortie de bain
• sortie de capitaux

• sortie de route
• sortie des artistes
• sortie de secours

See also

• entrée

Participle

sortie

1. feminine singular of the past participle of sortir

Anagrams

• orties, rôties, seroit, sirote, siroté

Further reading

• “sortie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).