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masculine
/sɔʁ/
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Translation
fate, destiny; goes out (present of sortir)
Word origin
From Latin sortem, the accusative of sors ('lot, share, fate'). The verb form 'sort' (he/she goes out) belongs to sortir, of separate origin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sors (sortem)
- English cognates
- sort, sortilege, consort
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsorts
Examples
-.
His fate depends only on himself.
' -.
She worries about the fate of her friends who stayed there.
.
He always goes out at the same time in the morning.
, reculer.
The die is cast, we can no longer turn back.
réservé aux prisonniers.
Nobody knows the fate awaiting the prisoners.
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