retort

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• General-American: /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɔːt/
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From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).

From French retorte.

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հակաճառություն (hakačaṙutʻyun) — a sharp or witty reply
• Bulgarian: находчив отговор (nahodčiv otgovor) — a sharp or witty reply
• Chinese Mandarin: 反駁 /反驳 (fǎnbó) — a sharp or witty reply
• Czech: odseknutí — a sharp or witty reply
• Czech: ostrá odpověď — a sharp or witty reply
• Danish: replik — a sharp or witty reply
• Dutch: scherp antwoord — a sharp or witty reply
• Finnish: sivallus — a sharp or witty reply
• Finnish: tiuskaisu — a sharp or witty reply
• French: réplique — a sharp or witty reply
• French: riposte — a sharp or witty reply
• French: repartie — a sharp or witty reply
• German: schlagfertige Antwort — a sharp or witty reply
• German: Erwiderung — a sharp or witty reply
• German: Retourkutsche — a sharp or witty reply
• Hungarian: visszavágás — a sharp or witty reply
• Hungarian: riposzt — a sharp or witty reply
• Ido: repliko — a sharp or witty reply
• Irish: aisfhreagra — a sharp or witty reply
• Italian: replica — a sharp or witty reply
• Japanese: 口答え (kuchigotae) — a sharp or witty reply
• Latvian: asa atbilde — a sharp or witty reply
• Malayalam: തർക്കുത്തരം (taṟkkuttaraṁ) — a sharp or witty reply
• Māori: kupu paremata — a sharp or witty reply
• Māori: ngutu atamai — a sharp or witty reply
• Occitan: replica — a sharp or witty reply
• Occitan: repartida — a sharp or witty reply
• Occitan: rebecada — a sharp or witty reply
• Occitan: retornament — a sharp or witty reply
• Polish: riposta — a sharp or witty reply
• Portuguese: réplica — a sharp or witty reply
• Russian: парирование (parirovanije) — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: réplica — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: contrarréplica — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: despachurramiento — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: espachurramiento — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: despachurro — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: retruco — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: retruque — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: reviraje — a sharp or witty reply
• Spanish: réspice — a sharp or witty reply
• Swedish: replik — a sharp or witty reply
• Swedish: genmäle — a sharp or witty reply
• Armenian: թորանոթ (tʻoranotʻ) — flask used for distillation
• Armenian: թորաման (tʻoraman) — flask used for distillation
• Bulgarian: реторта (retorta) — flask used for distillation
• Catalan: retorta — flask used for distillation
• Chinese Mandarin: 曲頸甑 /曲颈甑 (qū jǐng zèng) — flask used for distillation
• Czech: křivule — flask used for distillation
• Czech: destilační baňka — flask used for distillation
• Czech: retorta — flask used for distillation
• Danish: retort — flask used for distillation
• Danish: destillerkolbe — flask used for distillation
• Dutch: retort — flask used for distillation
• Finnish: retortti — flask used for distillation
• French: cornue — flask used for distillation
• German: Retorte — flask used for distillation
• Greek: αποστακτήρας (apostaktíras) — flask used for distillation
• Hungarian: lombik — flask used for distillation
• Hungarian: retorta — flask used for distillation
• Ido: retorto — flask used for distillation
• Italian: storta — flask used for distillation
• Japanese: レトルト (retoruto) — flask used for distillation
• Latvian: retorte — flask used for distillation
• Māori: puoto kakīroa — flask used for distillation
• Māori: puoto whakaturuturu — flask used for distillation
• Polish: retorta — flask used for distillation
• Portuguese: balão — flask used for distillation
• Romanian: retortă — flask used for distillation
• Russian: рето́рта (retórta) — flask used for distillation
• Russian: ко́лба (kólba) — flask used for distillation
• Serbo-Croatian: retorta — flask used for distillation
• Spanish: retorta — flask used for distillation
• Swedish: retort — flask used for distillation
• Turkish: imbik — flask used for distillation
• Ottoman Turkish: انبیق (imbik) — flask used for distillation
• Ukrainian: реторта (retorta) — flask used for distillation
• German: Autoklav — an airtight vessel
• Japanese: レトルト (retoruto) — an airtight vessel
• Armenian: բոցել (bocʻel) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Bulgarian: отвръщам (otvrǎštam) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Bulgarian: отговарям остроумно (otgovarjam ostroumno) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Chinese Mandarin: 反駁 /反驳 (fǎnbó) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Chinese Mandarin: 回嘴 (huízuǐ) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Czech: odseknout — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Czech: ostře odpovědět — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Finnish: sivaltaa — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Finnish: tiuskaista — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• French: rétorquer — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• French: lancer — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Galician: retrucar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Hawaiian: panepane — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Japanese: 口答えする (kuchigotae suru) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Latvian: asi atbildēt — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Latvian: atcirst — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Malayalam: തിരിച്ചടിക്കുക (tiriccaṭikkuka) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Polish: ripostować — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Portuguese: retorquir — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Portuguese: replicar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Portuguese: retrucar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Portuguese: repostar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Russian: парировать (parirovatʹ) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Russian: отбрить (otbritʹ) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: replicar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: revirar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: reponer — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: despanchurrar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: despachurrar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: contrarreplicar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: retrucar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: espanchurrar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Spanish: chistar — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Swedish: replikera — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Swedish: genmäla — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Tamil: எதிர்த்து பேசு (etirttu pēcu) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Ukrainian: відповідати (vidpovidaty) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
• Ukrainian: відказувати (vidkazuvaty) — to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation