sort

(Anglais)

Noun

1. A general type.
2. (archaic) Manner, way; form of being or acting.
3. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
4. (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
5. (obsolete) Group, company.
6. (Australia, British, informal) A good-looking woman.
7. An act of sorting.
8. An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
9. A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
10. A type.
11. (obsolete) Fate, fortune, destiny.
12. (obsolete) Anything used to determine the answer to a question by chance; lot.
13. (obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes or a suit of clothes.

Verb

1. (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
2. (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
3. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
6. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
7. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
8. (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
9. (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
10. (transitive) To geld.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɔːt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sort

Appartenant à néerlandais: soort

Appartenant à allemand: Sorte

Appartenant à danois: sort

Appartenant à suédois: sort

Hérité de moyen anglais: sorten

In summary

From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (cognate Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).

Concepts

trier

sorte

genre

espèce

type

ranger

acabit

tri

classer

classe

modèle

sort

ordonner

triage

régler

forme

choisir

vanner

style

séparer

assortir

tamiser

typesse

variété

à la manière de

categorie

crible

de façon à

esrèce

semblable à

similaire à

sorte de

secouer légèrement

afin que

appliquer

arranger

catégorie

classement

classification

classifier

contenir

disposer

façon

favoriser

former

groupe

mettre

organiser

orner

placer

Synonymes

kind

type

class

variety

species

classify

category

group

grade

form

genus

genre

order

separate

choose

assort

manner

quality

select

breed

divide

sorting

way

categorize

style

classification

rank

family

👪

brand

division

screen

assortment

character

caste

pattern

organize

pick

⛏️

nature

cull

stamp

ilk

arrange

collate

sort out

mode

section

description

segregate

race

mould

Traductions

Sorte

Art

genere

specie

soort

Gattung

tipo

clase

tipo

sortieren

especie

género

slag

tipo

aard

Phrases

Look , you really need to sort yourself out .

Écoutez, vous devez vraiment vous régler.

There were raised voices , and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on . .

Il y avait des voix surélevées et une sorte de lutte semblait se poursuivre. .