name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sortie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːti/
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General-American: /ˈsɔɹti/
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General-American: [-ɾi]
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rhymes with -ɔːti
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CMU ARPABET: S AO1 R T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, figuratively
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 3
An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, figuratively
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 5
An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
Meaning 6
An attacking move.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: sally port
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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verb
Meaning 10
To carry out a sortie; to sally.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 11
(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flight, flying
noun
Meaning 12
a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sally
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: military action, action
History
Etymology
PIE word *upó The noun is borrowed from French sortie (“act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”), the feminine past participle of sortir (“to exit, go out”), from Old French sortir, from Latin sortīrī, the present active infinitive of sortior (“to cast or draw lots; to choose, select; to distribute, divide; to obtain, receive; to share”), from sors (“something used to determine chances, a lot; casting or drawing of lots; decision by lot; a share”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; a thread”)), possibly influenced by surrēctus (“arisen, having been caused to arise; gotten up, having been gotten up”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“to arise, get up, rise”), from subrigō (“to lift up; to straighten”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, guide, steer; to govern, rule; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”)). The verb is derived from the noun.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: sortie — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- German: Ausflug — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- German: Kampfeinsatz — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- German: Mission — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Italian: sortita — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Japanese: 出撃 (shutsugeki) — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Polish: desant — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Polish: wypad — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Russian: боевой вы́лет (bojevoj) — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Serbo-Croatian: бо̏рбенӣ ле̑т — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Serbo-Croatian: bȍrbenī lȇt — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Swedish: flygräd — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Turkish: çıkış — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Turkish: sorti — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Vietnamese: phi vụ — operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft
- Czech: výpad — (sports) attacking move
- Swedish: utfall — (sports) attacking move
- German: einen Ausfall wagen — to carry out a sortie — see also sally
- Italian: sortìre — to carry out a sortie — see also sally
- Japanese: 出撃する (shutsugeki suru) — to carry out a sortie — see also sally
- Swedish: göra ett utfall — to carry out a sortie — see also sally