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vorto

vorto

Esperanto

Noun

vorto (accusative singular vorton, plural vortoj, accusative plural vortojn)

  1. (linguistics) word
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
      Por virta orelo ne danĝeras vorto malbela.
      To a virtuous ear, an ugly word holds no danger.
  2. (spoken) promise, word
  3. (computing) word

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto vorto, from English word, German Wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvor.to/, /ˈvɔr.tɔ/
  • Hyphenation: vor‧to

Noun

vorto (plural vorti)

  1. word

Derived terms

  • vortala (verbal)
  • vortope (literally, word for word)
  • vortaro (dictionary, word-book)
  • vortifar (to form words)
  • vortifo (word formation)
  • vortofamilio (family of words, word family)
  • vortogrupo (word group)
  • vortolibro (dictionary, lexicon)
  • vortolisto (list of words)
  • vortoludo (word play, play on words)
  • merkovorto (headword, key word, catchword, reminder)
  • pasovorto (password)