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sortir.

to exit, go out, come out

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɔʁ.tiʁ/
  1. to exit, go out, come out

    intransitive
    Je suis sorti de l'école.
  2. to take out, bring out

    transitive
    Je sortais les poubelles tous les mardis et les jeudis soirs.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, from Latin sortīrī, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare Italian sortire, compare also Spanish surtir.

verb/sɔʁ.tiʁ/
  1. to have or take

    defective · obsolete
  2. to organise; put by sort

    defective
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, from Latin sortīrī, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare Italian sortire, compare also Spanish surtir.

noun/sɔʁ.tiʁ/
  1. end, closing

    masculine
    Au sortir du printemps
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, from Latin sortīrī, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare Italian sortire, compare also Spanish surtir.

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