see|Ort|ört
English
Etymology
From Middle Low German orte, refuse of food, cognate with early-modern Dutch ooræte, perhaps from Dutch oor-, out + etten, to eat
Pronunciation
(RP): AHD|ôt, IPA|/�:t/, SAMPA|/O:t/
(US): AHD|ôrt, IPA|/�:rt/, SAMPA|/O:rt/
Homophones
aught (in non-rhotic accents)
ought (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
en-noun
#(usually in plural orts) a scrap of leftover food; any remainder
#:*1922: Come, Kinch, you have eaten all we left. Ay, I will serve you your orts and offals. � James Joyce, Ulysses
#:*1997: Peace, Grandam,� reclaim thy Ort. The Learnèd One has yet to sink quite that low. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Translations
Finnish: ruoanjäännös
Old High German
Etymology
Common Germanic *uzdaz, whence Old English ord, Old Norse oddr
Noun
ort m
- sharp point
Category:Old High German nouns
fr:ort
io:ort
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fi:ort
sv:ort
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vi:ort
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