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5-letter words (6 found)

RATOS,ROAST,ROTAS,SORTA,TAROS,TORAS,

4-letter words (24 found)

ARTS,OARS,OAST,OATS,ORTS,OSAR,RAST,RATO,RATS,ROST,ROTA,ROTS,SOAR,SORA,SORT,STAR,STOA,TAOS,TARO,TARS,TORA,TORS,TOSA,TSAR,

3-letter words (18 found)

ARS,ART,ATS,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORS,ORT,RAS,RAT,ROT,SAR,SAT,SOT,TAO,TAR,TAS,TOR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AR,AS,AT,OR,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 57 words from sorta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sorta

sorta osrta srota rsota orsta rosta sotra ostra stora tsora otsra tosra srtoa rstoa stroa tsroa rtsoa trsoa ortsa rotsa otrsa torsa rtosa trosa sorat osrat sroat rsoat orsat rosat soart osart saort asort oasrt aosrt sraot rsaot sarot asrot rasot arsot orast roast oarst aorst raost arost sotar ostar stoar tsoar otsar tosar soatr osatr saotr asotr oastr aostr staor tsaor sator astor tasor atsor otasr toasr oatsr aotsr taosr atosr srtao rstao strao tsrao rtsao trsao srato rsato sarto asrto rasto arsto staro tsaro satro astro tasro atsro rtaso traso ratso artso tarso atrso ortas rotas otras toras rtoas troas orats roats oarts aorts raots arots otars toars oatrs aotrs taors ators rtaos traos ratos artos taros atros

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Definitions and meaning of sorta

sorta

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of sort of.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹtə/, [ˈsɔɹɾə]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːtə/, [ˈsɔːtə]
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə

Adverb

sorta (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Contraction of sort of.
    The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around

Synonyms

  • kinda,kinda sorta, sorta kinda

Translations

Contraction

sorta (plural sortsa)

  1. (colloquial) Sort of.
    There's gotta be some sorta explanation.

Anagrams

  • Astor, Astro, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, astro, astro-, ratos, roast, rotas, taros, tarso-

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔr̥ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr̥ta

Noun

sorta f (genitive singular sortu, nominative plural sortur)

  1. black dye

Declension

Derived terms

  • sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)

Related terms

  • sorti (“darkness; dark weather”)
  • sortna (“to darken”)
  • svartur (“black”)

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sorte, from Latin sortem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔr.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrta
  • Hyphenation: sòr‧ta

Noun

sorta f (plural sorte)

  1. sort, type, kind

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔr.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrta
  • Hyphenation: sòr‧ta

Verb

sorta

  1. inflection of sortire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsor.ta/, /ˈsɔr.ta/
  • Rhymes: -orta, -ɔrta
  • Hyphenation: sór‧ta, sòr‧ta

Participle

sorta f sg

  1. feminine singular of sorto

References

Anagrams

  • -astro, Tarso, astro, astro-, rosta, sarto, staro, starò, tarso

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German sortieren.

Verb

a sorta (third-person singular present sortează, past participle sortat) 1st conj.

  1. to sort

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sorte and/or Italian sorta; all eventually from Latin sors. See English sort for more.

Noun

sȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling со̑рта)

  1. sort, kind

Declension

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sortadak.

Verb

sorta

  1. to bring down, to knock down
  2. to cut down, to chop down, to fell
  3. to drop (by accident)

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “валить, ронять, сбивать, уронить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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