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sort.

fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)

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Meaning & usage

noun/sɔʁ/
  1. fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)

    masculine
    Je suis tombé amoureux de lui depuis le premier jour où je l'ai vu. C'était le sort.
  2. lot (something used in determining a question by chance)

    masculine
  3. spell (magical incantation). 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "On a jetté un sort sur son bétail, a spell is made upon his cattle, or his cattle is bewitched."

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French sort, from Latin sortem, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cf. also the borrowed doublet sorte.

verb/sɔʁ/
  1. third-person singular present indicative of sortir

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

See sortir.

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