different between sorta vs sorna

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of sort of.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s??t?/, [?s????]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??t?/, [?s??t?]

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

   • 1912, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, Volume 60, page 680,

     'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. […] '

   • 1993 July, Sort of a Hero, in Boys' Life, page 34,

     In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

Synonyms

• kinda

Translations

Contraction

sorta (plural sortsa)

1. (colloquial) Sort of.

   There's gotta be some sorta explanation.

   • 2001, Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide, page 97,

     He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"

     "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

Anagrams

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?ta/
• Rhymes: -?r?ta

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sor.ta/
• Rhymes: -?rta
• Rhymes: -orta

Noun

sorta f (plural sorte)

1. sort, type, kind

Verb

sorta

1. feminine singular past participle of sorgere

Anagrams

• astro, sarto, starò, tarso

Romanian

Etymology

From German sortieren

Verb

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

1. to sort

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

s?rta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. sort, kind

Declension

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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) , “??????, ??????, ???????, ???????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Noun

sorna (plural sornas)

1. Alternative form of zurna

Anagrams

• Ras?n, SONAR, arson, orans, roans, saron, sonar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?s??.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?s?r.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?so?.na/

Noun

sorna f (plural sornes)

1. sarcasm

Derived terms

• sorneguer

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, cognate with Portuguese sorna, Catalan sorna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so?na/, [?so?.na]

Noun

sorna f (plural sornas)

1. sarcasm, irony

   Synonym: ironía

2. sarcastic tone
3. slowness

   Synonym: lentitud

Derived terms

• sornar

Further reading

• “sorna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

sorna

1. definite plural of so

Anagrams

• Arons, nosar, sonar

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?rna.

Noun

sorna f

1. roe deer