sors

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) anything used to determine chances, lot
2. (declension-3, feminine) a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share
3. (declension-3, feminine) oracular response (since many were written on lots)
4. (declension-3, feminine) fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition
5. (declension-3, feminine) share, part
6. (declension-3, feminine) capital bearing interest, principal
7. (declension-3, feminine) rank, class, order
8. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine) partitioning of an inheritance by lot
9. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine) share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot
10. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine) estate, holding
11. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine) lands and easements attached to a property
12. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine) realm

Concepts

fate

lot

allotment

fortune

share

destiny

Synonyms

fatum

fatus

Translations

destino

Schicksal

sorte

μοίρα

lot

destino

πεπρωμένο

destí

fato

destin

چارهنووس

destino

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɔrs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s, from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō (“to link together”), seriēs (“row, series”), sermō (“conversation”).