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sortir

/sɔʁ.tiʁ/

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verb/sɔʁ.tiʁ/

to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring out

Je suis sorti de l'école.I came out of school.

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/

to have or take; to organise; put by sort

...au résidu, la dite sentence sortissant son plein et entier effet; et, pour mettre le présent arrêt à exécution, la dite cour a renvoyé et renvoi le dict Tesnier pardevant les gens des monnoies....to the remainder, the said sentence taking its full & entire effect; &, in order to put the present ruling into action, the said court has sent & sends the said Tesnier before the men of the mints.

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, masculine/sɔʁ.tiʁ/plural: sortirs

end, closing

Au sortir du printempsAt the closing of spring

Related: au sortir de

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.