Catalan

Verb

sortir ‎(first-person singular present surto, past participle sortit)

1. to go out, to leave
2. to come out, to appear, to emerge
3. to come out, to be published, to be made known
4. to end up, to turn out

Conjugation

As collir.

Synonyms

• (go out): marxar, eixir
• (appear): aparèixer, emergir

Derived terms

• sortir de l'armari

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin sortīrī ‎(“to select”) (present active infinitive of sortior), probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare French sortir, Italian sortire, compare also Spanish surtir.

Verb

sortir

1. (intransitive) to exit, go out, come out
2. (transitive) to take out, bring out

Conjugation

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.tiʁ/, SAMPA: /sOR.tiR/

Verb

sortir

1. (intransitive) to exit, go out, come out

   Je suis sorti de l'école.

   I came out of school.

2. (transitive) to take out, bring out

   En sortant mes crayons, je les ai accidentellement répandus partout.

   In taking out my pencils, I accidentally spilled them everywhere.

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include partir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) sors and (il) sort in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *sortis and *sortit (as in the past historic).

Usage notes

• This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence:

  Elle est sortie. “She went out.”

  Elle a sorti un crayon. “She took out a pencil.”

Derived terms

• ressortir
• s’en sortir
• sortie
• sortir de l’ordinaire
• sortir des bornes

See also

• partir

Noun

sortir m ‎(plural sortirs)

1. end, closing

   Au sortir du printemps

   At the closing of spring

Norman

Alternative forms

• sorti (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre).

Verb

sortir

1. (Guernsey) to go out

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Surmiran) sorteir

Etymology

From Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre). Compare Italian sortire, French sortir.

Verb

sortir

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) to exit