different between sort vs manner

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??t/
• Homophone: sought (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (= Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).

Noun

sort (plural sorts)

1. A general type.
2. Manner; form of being or acting.
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

3. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.

4. (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).

5. (dated) Group, company.
6. (Britain, informal) A good-looking woman.
7. An act of sorting.

8. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

9. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
10. (mathematics) A type.
11. (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.

12. (obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sort.

Synonyms

• (type): genre, genus, kind, type, variety
• (person): character, individual, person, type
• (act of sorting): sort-out
• (in computing): sort algorithm, sorting algorithm
• (typography): glyph, type
• See also Thesaurus:class

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French sortir (“allot, sort”), from Latin sortire (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors.

Verb

sort (third-person singular simple present sorts, present participle sorting, simple past and past participle sorted)

2. (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

   Synonyms: categorize, class, classify, group
4. (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

   Synonyms: order, rank

5. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
8. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
9. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
11. (Britain, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).

    Synonym: sort out

12. (Britain, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.

    Synonym: sort out

    If he comes nosing around here again I'll sort him!

13. (transitive) To geld.

Usage notes

• In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in constructions like “I’ll get you sorted” or “Now that’s sorted” – in American and Australian usage sort out is used instead.

Derived terms

• re-sort, resort
• sorted
• sorting
• sort out

Translations

Further reading

• sort at OneLook Dictionary Search
• sort in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

• RTOS, RTOs, TROs, orts, rost, rots, tors

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan sort, from Latin sortem, accusative singular of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?s??t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?s?rt/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

sort f (uncountable)

1. luck

2. fortune

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sort” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sort” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svartr (“black”), from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?so??d?]

Adjective

sort

1. black (absorbing most light)
2. under the table; done in secret so as to avoid taxation

Inflection

Derived terms

• (illicitly undisclosed): sort arbejde, sorte penge, sort marked

Adverb

sort

1. under the table; secretly, so as to avoid taxation

Derived terms

• arbejde sort

See also

References

• “sort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sors (“lot, fate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s??d?]

Noun

sort c (singular definite sorten, plural indefinite sorter)

1. sort, kind
2. quality
3. brand
4. (botany) cultivar

Declension

References

• “sort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology

From German Sorte.

Noun

sort (genitive sordi, partitive sorti)

1. kind, sort, brand

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/
• Homophone: sors
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Old French sort, from Latin sortem, accusative singular of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cf. also the borrowed doublet sorte.

Noun

sort m (plural sorts)

1. fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
2. lot (something used in determining a question by chance)
3. spell (magical incantation)

Derived terms

• le sort en est jeté
• mauvais sort
• tirage au sort
• tirer au sort

Related terms

• sorcier
• sorte
• sortir

Etymology 2

See sortir.

Verb

sort

1. third-person singular present indicative of sortir

Further reading

• “sort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• sord (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Latin surdus.

Adjective

sort

1. deaf

Related terms

• sordine

See also

• mut

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ort]
• Rhymes: -ort

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English shorts.

Noun

sort (plural sortok)

1. shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)

Declension

Synonyms

• rövidnadrág

Etymology 2

sor +? -t

Noun

sort

1. accusative singular of sor

Derived terms

• sort kerít

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sort, from Latin sors, sortem.

Noun

sort m (plural sorts)

1. (Jersey) fate

Synonyms

• destinné (“fate, destiny”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svartr; compare Danish sort

Alternative forms

• svart

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Adjective

sort (neuter singular sort, definite singular and plural sorte, comparative sortere, indefinite plural sortest, definite plural sorteste)

1. black (colour)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French sorte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

sort m (definite singular sorten, indefinite plural sorter, definite plural sortene)

1. a sort, kind or type

References

• “sort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French sorte.

Noun

sort m (definite singular sorten, indefinite plural sortar, definite plural sortane)

1. a sort, kind or type

References

• “sort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Noun

sort f (plural Sorten)

1. sort, kind, type, ilk, variety

Polish

Etymology

From French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Latin sors, sortem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?rt/

Noun

sort m inan

1. (colloquial) sort (type)

   Synonyms: gatunek, rodzaj

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) sortowa?, posortowa?, przesortowa?, wysortowa?
• (nouns) sortomierz, sortowacz, sortowaczka, sortownik, sortownica, sortownia

Related terms

• (noun) sorter
• (noun phrase) sortownik papierniczy
• (adjective) sortowniczy

Further reading

• sort in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French sorte.

Noun

sort n (plural sorturi)

1. sort, kind, variety

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sorte.

Pronunciation

Noun

sort c

1. sort, kind

Declension

Synonyms

• slag

Anagrams

• Tors, orts, rost, rots, stor, tros

English

Etymology

From Middle English maner, manere, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *man?ria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæn?/
• Hyphenation: man?ner
• Homophones: manor, manna

Noun

manner (plural manners)

1. Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
2. Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
3. One's customary method of acting; habit.

4. good, polite behaviour
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Vol. I, Ch. 4

     Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know what manner was.
5. The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
6. A certain degree or measure.

7. Sort; kind; style.

8. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Synonyms

(mode of action): method; style; form; fashion; way

Derived terms

Translations

Estonian

Alternative forms

• mander

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *manta. Cognate with Finnish manner, Ingrian mantere, and Ludian mander. Compare also Udmurt ????? (mudor, “a mythical creature”) and archaic Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (mudör, “foundation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?er/

Noun

manner (genitive mandri, partitive mandrit)

1. continent
2. mainland

Usage notes

The definition of manner in Estonian includes 6 continents: Africa (Aafrika), Antarctica (Antarktis), Australia (Austraalia), Eurasia (Euraasia), North America (Põhja-Ameerika), and South America (Lõuna-Ameerika).

Declension

See also

• maailmajagu

Finnish

Alternative forms

• mantere (not as common)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Finnic *manta with +? -re, possibly from Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognate to Estonian mander and Veps mandreh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?er/, [?m?n?e?r]
• Rhymes: -?n?er
• Syllabification: man?ner

Noun

manner

1. mainland (main landmass of a country, continent or sometimes of a group of islands)

   Sen tytärkaupungit, jotka ovat mantereella, surmataan miekalla, ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä olen Herra. (Hesekiel 26:6, Raamattu, vuoden 1933 käännös)

   Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 26:6, New American Standard Bible)

   Ahvenanmaan suurinta saarta kutsutaan usein mantereeksi.

   The largest island of Åland archipelago is often called mainland.
2. (geology) continent

   Määritelmästä riippuen mantereita on neljä, viisi, kuusi tai seitsemän.

   Depending on definition there are four, five, six or seven continents.

3. (as modifier in compound terms) continental (of or pertaining to a continent)

Declension

Derived terms

• mannermainen
• mannermaisesti
• mannermaisuus
• mannermaisesti
• mantereinen
• mantereisuus

Compounds

See also

• maanosa
• tanner
• kinner
• mantu

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, ?ISBN

Ingrian

Noun

manner

1. continent

Luxembourgish

Adjective

manner

1. comparative degree of mann