abort

See also: Abort

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ABORTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃er-#ABORT

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ABORT, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABORT abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“to come into being”). Doublet of abortusCategory:English doublets#ABORT.

Noun

abort (plural aborts)Category:English lemmas#ABORTCategory:English nouns#ABORTCategory:English countable nouns#ABORTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

  1. (militaryCategory:en:Military#ABORT, aeronauticsCategory:en:Aeronautics#ABORT) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
    We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.Category:English terms with usage examples#ABORT
  2. (computingCategory:en:Computing#ABORT) The function used to abort a process.
  3. (computingCategory:en:Computing#ABORT) An event in which a process is aborted.
    We've had three aborts over the last two days.Category:English terms with usage examples#ABORT
  4. (now rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#ABORT) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  5. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ABORT) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
Descendants
Translations

Etymology 2

    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂epó#ABORTCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ABORTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃er-#ABORTCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABORTCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#ABORTCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ABORT

    From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABORT abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

    Verb

    abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)Category:English lemmas#ABORTCategory:English verbs#ABORTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ABORT, now rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#ABORT outside medicineCategory:en:Medicine#ABORT) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
      • 1785, Henry Morris, Surgical Diseases of the Kidney, page 458:
        Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.
        Category:English terms with quotations#ABORT
      • 1983, M. D. Bennett, Chromosomes Today: Volume 8 Proceedings of the Eighth International Chromosome Conference, page 346:
        In the study group ll patients aborted spontaneously between the 17th and 20th gestational week and 8 patients aborted after the 21st week.
        Category:English terms with quotations#ABORT
    2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABORT, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ABORT) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
    3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABORT) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
    4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ABORT) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
    5. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ABORT, biologyCategory:en:Biology#ABORT) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
    6. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABORT, biologyCategory:en:Biology#ABORT) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
    7. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ABORT, militaryCategory:en:Military#ABORT) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
    8. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABORT, aeronauticsCategory:en:Aeronautics#ABORT) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
    9. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABORT, computingCategory:en:Computing#ABORT) To terminate a process prior to completion.
    Derived terms
    Translations
    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
    See also

    References

    Anagrams

    Category:English ergative verbs#ABORT Category:en:Abortion#ABORT

    Cebuano

    Etymology

    From EnglishCategory:Cebuano terms derived from English#ABORT abort, from LatinCategory:Cebuano terms derived from Latin#ABORT abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: a‧bort

    Verb

    abortCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ABORTCategory:Cebuano verbs#ABORTCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. to abort; to cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term
    Category:ceb:Abortion#ABORT

    Crimean Tatar

    Etymology

    From LatinCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Latin#ABORT abortus.

    Noun

    abortCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#ABORTCategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#ABORTCategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. abort, abortion

    Declension

    Declension of abort
    singular plural
    nominative abort abortlar
    genitive abortnıñ abortlarnıñ
    dative abortqa abortlarğa
    accusative abortnı abortlarnı
    locative abortta abortlarda
    ablative aborttan abortlardan

    References

    • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
    Category:crh:Abortion#ABORT

    Czech

    Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia cs

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    abort m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#ABORTCategory:Czech nouns#ABORTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#ABORTCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. (medicineCategory:cs:Medicine#ABORT) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)
      Synonym: potrat

    Declension

    Declension of abort (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative abort aborty
    genitive abortu abortů
    dative abortu abortům
    accusative abort aborty
    vocative aborte aborty
    locative abortu abortech
    instrumental abortem aborty
    Category:Czech masculine inanimate nouns#ABORTCategory:Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns#ABORT

    Further reading

    Danish

    Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia da

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)Category:Danish lemmas#ABORTCategory:Danish nouns#ABORTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. abortion
    2. miscarriage

    Inflection

    Declension of abort
    common
    gender    		 singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative abort aborten aborter aborterne
    genitive aborts abortens aborters aborternes
    Category:da:Abortion#ABORT

    Estonian

    Etymology

    From GermanCategory:Estonian terms borrowed from German#ABORTCategory:Estonian terms derived from German#ABORT Abort.

    Category:Estonian terms derived from Latin#ABORT

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    abort (genitive abordi, partitive aborti)Category:Estonian lemmas#ABORTCategory:Estonian nouns#ABORTCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. abortion
      Mu tüdruk tahab aborti teha.
      My girl wants an abortion.
      Category:Estonian terms with usage examples#ABORT
    2. miscarriage

    Declension

    Declension of abort (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative abort abordid
    accusative nom.
    gen. abordi
    genitive abortide
    partitive aborti aborte
    abortisid
    illative aborti
    abordisse    		 abortidesse
    abordesse
    inessive abordis abortides
    abordes
    elative abordist abortidest
    abordest
    allative abordile abortidele
    abordele
    adessive abordil abortidel
    abordel
    ablative abordilt abortidelt
    abordelt
    translative abordiks abortideks
    abordeks
    terminative abordini abortideni
    essive abordina abortidena
    abessive abordita abortideta
    comitative abordiga abortidega
    Category:Estonian riik-type nominals#ABORT

    Derived terms

    References

    Category:et:Abortion#ABORT

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nb

    Etymology

    Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃er-#ABORT

    From LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#ABORT abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“to disappear; to miscarry, be aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#ABORT ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Italic#ABORT *ab, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ABORT *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“to rise, appear, be born”), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Italic#ABORT *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ABORT *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural aborter, definite plural abortene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. (medicineCategory:nb:Medicine#ABORT) an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
      Synonyms: misfødsel, fosterdrap, svangerskapsavbrytelse, svangerskapsavbrudd
      illegal abort ― illegal abortionCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
      provosert abort ― provoked abortionCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
    2. (medicineCategory:nb:Medicine#ABORT) a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)
      Synonym: spontanabort
      ha en abort ― have an abortionCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
      ta abort ― induce abortionCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
      habituell abort ― habitual abortion (the miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies)Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
      • 1840 June 23, Den Norske Rigstidende, page 2:
        mange mene, at hensigten [med attentatet] kun har været at forskrække dronningen og derved foraarsage en abort
        many believe that the intention [of the assassination] was only to frighten the queen and thereby cause an abortion
        Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABORT
      • 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 298:
        hun havde hørt, at ægteskaber, hvori det første svangerskab endte med abort, som oftest bleve barnløse
        she had heard that marriages in which the first pregnancy ended in abortion often became childless
        Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABORT
      • 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 295:
        min kone, som efter aborten længe havde været svag, blev frisk igjen
        my wife, who had been weak for a long time after the abortion, recovered
        Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABORT
      • 1996, Ketil Bjørnstad, Historien om Edvard Munch, page 337:
        maleriet [var ikke] noe maleri i det hele tatt, men en abort
        the painting [was] not a painting at all, but an abortion
        Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABORT
    3. (medicineCategory:nb:Medicine#ABORT) an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)
      Synonyms: abortus provocatus, fosterfordrivelse, utskrapning
      foreta en abort ― perform an abortionCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
      kjønnsbetinget abort ― gendered abortionCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
      selvbestemt abort ― self-determined abortion (artificial abortion that a pregnant woman may require performed by the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, according to Norwegian law)Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABORT
    4. (medicineCategory:nb:Medicine#ABORT, now rare) a premature foetus
    5. (technologyCategory:nb:Technology#ABORT) the act of aborting
      Synonym: abortere

    Derived terms

    See also

    References

    Anagrams

    Category:nb:Abortion#ABORT

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    Etymology

    From LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#ABORT abortus.

    Noun

    abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural abortar, definite plural abortane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. abortion (induced)
    2. miscarriage (spontaneous)
      Synonym: spontanabort

    Derived terms

    References

    Category:nn:Abortion#ABORT

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

    Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#ABORTCategory:Polish terms derived from English#ABORT abort.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    abort m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#ABORTCategory:Polish nouns#ABORTCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Polish masculine nouns#ABORTCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. (medicineCategory:pl:Medicine#ABORT) abortion (act of inducing abortion)
      Synonym: aborcja
      Coordinate term: poronienie
    2. (computingCategory:pl:Computing#ABORT) force quit, closing (act of stopping a program)

    Declension

    verb

    Further reading

    • “abort”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “abort”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
    Category:pl:Abortion#ABORT

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#ABORTCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#ABORTCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#ABORT abort.

    Noun

    abort m (plural aborts)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ABORTCategory:Portuguese nouns#ABORTCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#ABORTCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. (computingCategory:pt:Computing#ABORT) abort (function used to abort a process)
      Synonym: abortamento

    Swedish

    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sv

    Noun

    abort cCategory:Swedish lemmas#ABORTCategory:Swedish nouns#ABORTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. abort, abortion (the process of ending a pregnancy)
      Hon gjorde abort
      She had an abortion
      Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#ABORT
    2. (obsoleteCategory:Swedish terms with obsolete senses#ABORT) an abort, a miscarriage
      Synonyms: missfall, spontanabort

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    Anagrams

    Category:sv:Abortion#ABORT

    Tatar

    Noun

    abortCategory:Tatar lemmas#ABORTCategory:Tatar nouns#ABORTCategory:Tatar entries with incorrect language header#ABORTCategory:Pages with entries#ABORTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ABORT

    1. Latin spelling of аборт (abort)Category:Tatar terms in Latin script#ABORT
    Category:Cebuano lemmas Category:Cebuano terms derived from English Category:Cebuano terms derived from Latin Category:Cebuano verbs Category:Crimean Tatar lemmas Category:Crimean Tatar nouns Category:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Latin Category:Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns Category:Czech inanimate nouns Category:Czech lemmas Category:Czech masculine inanimate nouns Category:Czech masculine nouns Category:Czech nouns Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Danish common-gender nouns Category:Danish lemmas Category:Danish nouns Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English doublets Category:English ergative verbs Category:English intransitive verbs Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms derived from Latin Category:English terms derived from Middle English Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Italic Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃er- Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂epó Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with obsolete senses Category:English terms with quotations Category:English terms with rare senses Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English transitive verbs Category:English verbs Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Estonian lemmas Category:Estonian nouns Category:Estonian riik-type nominals Category:Estonian terms borrowed from German Category:Estonian terms derived from German Category:Estonian terms derived from Latin Category:Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Estonian terms with usage examples Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas Category:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns Category:Norwegian Bokmål nouns Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Italic Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃er- Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio pronunciation Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas Category:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin Category:Pages using etymon with no ID Category:Pages with 12 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Polish 2-syllable words Category:Polish inanimate nouns Category:Polish lemmas Category:Polish links with manual fragments Category:Polish links with redundant alt parameters Category:Polish links with redundant wikilinks Category:Polish masculine nouns Category:Polish nouns Category:Polish terms borrowed from English Category:Polish terms derived from English Category:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation Category:Portuguese countable nouns Category:Portuguese lemmas Category:Portuguese masculine nouns Category:Portuguese nouns Category:Portuguese terms borrowed from English Category:Portuguese terms derived from English Category:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English Category:Requests for review of Dutch translations Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations Category:Requests for translations into Dutch Category:Requests for translations into Georgian Category:Requests for translations into Japanese Category:Requests for translations into Norwegian Bokmål Category:Requests for translations into Turkish Category:Rhymes:Danish/ʌɐ̯t Category:Rhymes:Danish/ʌɐ̯t/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t Category:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Estonian/ort Category:Rhymes:Estonian/ort/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɔrt Category:Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɔʁt Category:Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɔʈ Category:Rhymes:Polish/abɔrt Category:Rhymes:Polish/abɔrt/2 syllables Category:Swedish common-gender nouns Category:Swedish lemmas Category:Swedish nouns Category:Swedish terms with obsolete senses Category:Swedish terms with usage examples Category:Tatar lemmas Category:Tatar nouns Category:Tatar terms in Latin script Category:Terms with Arabic translations Category:Terms with Armenian translations Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations Category:Terms with Burmese translations Category:Terms with Catalan translations Category:Terms with Crimean Tatar translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations Category:Terms with Esperanto translations Category:Terms with Estonian translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Hebrew translations Category:Terms with Hungarian translations Category:Terms with Ido translations Category:Terms with Indonesian translations Category:Terms with Interlingua translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Japanese translations Category:Terms with Latin translations Category:Terms with Latvian translations Category:Terms with Malay translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Māori translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Category:Terms with Occitan translations Category:Terms with Persian translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Swahili translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:Terms with Telugu translations Category:Terms with Thai translations Category:Terms with Urdu translations Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations Category:Terms with Welsh translations Category:ceb:Abortion Category:crh:Abortion Category:cs:Medicine Category:da:Abortion Category:en:Abortion Category:en:Aeronautics Category:en:Biology Category:en:Computing Category:en:Medicine Category:en:Military Category:et:Abortion Category:nb:Abortion Category:nb:Medicine Category:nb:Technology Category:nn:Abortion Category:pl:Abortion Category:pl:Computing Category:pl:Medicine Category:pt:Computing Category:sv:Abortion