sorta
English
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of sort of.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹtə/, [ˈsɔɹɾə]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːtə/, [ˈsɔːtə]
Audio (UK) (file)
Adverb
sorta (not comparable)
- (informal) Contraction of sort of.
- The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around
- 1912, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, Volume 60, page 680,
- 'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. […] '
- 1993 July, Sort of a Hero, in Boys' Life, page 34,
- In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.
Synonyms
- kinda
Translations
(colloquially) sort of; quite
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Contraction
sorta (plural sortsa)
- (colloquial) Sort of.
- There's gotta be some sorta explanation.
- 2001, Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide, page 97,
- He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"
- "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.
Anagrams
- Astor, Astro, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, astro, astro-, ratos, roast, rotas, taros, tarso-
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔr̥ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔr̥ta
Noun
sorta f (genitive singular sortu, nominative plural sortur)
- black dye
Declension
declension of sorta
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sorta | sortan | sortur | sorturnar |
| accusative | sortu | sortuna | sortur | sorturnar |
| dative | sortu | sortunni | sortum | sortunum |
| genitive | sortu | sortunnar | sorta/sortna | sortanna/sortnanna |
Derived terms
- sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)
Related terms
- sorti (“darkness; dark weather”)
- sortna (“to darken”)
- svartur (“black”)
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French sorte, from Latin sors (genitive singular sortis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔr.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔrta
- Hyphenation: sòr‧ta
Noun
sorta f (plural sorte)
- sort, type, kind
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔr.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔrta
- Hyphenation: sòr‧ta
Verb
sorta
- inflection of sortire:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsor.ta/, /ˈsɔr.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -orta, -ɔrta
- Hyphenation: sór‧ta, sòr‧ta
Participle
sorta f sg
- feminine singular of sorto
References
- sorta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- -astro, Tarso, astro, astro-, rosta, sarto, staro, starò, tarso
Romanian
Etymology
From German sortieren.
Verb
a sorta (third-person singular present sortează, past participle sortat) 1st conj.
- to sort
Conjugation
conjugation of sorta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a sorta | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | sortând | ||||||
| past participle | sortat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | sortez | sortezi | sortează | sortăm | sortați | sortează | |
| imperfect | sortam | sortai | sorta | sortam | sortați | sortau | |
| simple perfect | sortai | sortași | sortă | sortarăm | sortarăți | sortară | |
| pluperfect | sortasem | sortaseși | sortase | sortaserăm | sortaserăți | sortaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să sortez | să sortezi | să sorteze | să sortăm | să sortați | să sorteze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | sortează | sortați | |||||
| negative | nu sorta | nu sortați | |||||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Sorte and/or Italian sorta; all eventually from Latin sors. See English sort for more.
Noun
sȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling со̑рта)
- sort, kind
Declension
Declension of sorta
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sȏrta | sorte |
| genitive | sorte | sȏrtā / sȏrtī |
| dative | sorti | sortama |
| accusative | sortu | sorte |
| vocative | sorto | sorte |
| locative | sorti | sortama |
| instrumental | sortom | sortama |
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sortadak.
Verb
sorta
- to bring down, to knock down
- to cut down, to chop down, to fell
- to drop (by accident)
Inflection
| Inflection of sorta (inflection type 8/püta) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st infinitive | sorta | ||
| present indic. | sordab | ||
| past indic. | sordi | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | sordan | sordin | — |
| 2nd singular | sordad | sordid | sorda |
| 3rd singular | sordab | sordi | sorkha |
| 1st plural | sordam | sordim | sorkam |
| 2nd plural | sordat | sordit | sorkat |
| 3rd plural | sortas sordaba | sordiba | sorkha |
| sing. conneg.1 | sorda | sordand | sorda |
| plur. conneg. | sorkoi | sornugoi | sorkoi |
| present conditional | past conditional | potential | |
| 1st singular | sordaižin | sornuižin | sornen |
| 2nd singular | sordaižid | sornuižid | sorned |
| 3rd singular | sordaiži | sornuiži | sorneb |
| 1st plural | sordaižim | sornuižim | sornem |
| 2nd plural | sordaižit | sornuižit | sornet |
| 3rd plural | sordaižiba | sornuižiba | sorneba |
| connegative | sordaiži | sornuiži | sorne |
| non-finite forms | |||
| 1st infinitive | sorta | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | sortes | inessive | sormas |
| instructive | sorten | illative | sormaha |
| participles | elative | sormaspäi | |
| present active | sordai | adessive | sormal |
| past active | sornu | abessive | sormat |
| past passive | sortud | ||
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “валить, ронять, сбивать, уронить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika