German

Noun

Abortus m ‎(genitive Abortus, plural Abortus)

1. abortion

Synonyms

• Fehlgeburt
• Abort

English

Noun

abortus ‎(plural abortuses or aborti)

1. An abortion. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]
2. An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]^[1]

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7

Anagrams

• outbars
• robusta
• rubatos
• tabours

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: abor‧tus

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin abortus ‎(“miscarriage”)

Noun

abortus m ‎(plural abortussen, diminutive abortusje n)

1. miscarriage, abortion (spontaneous and induced)

Synonyms

• miskraam

Esperanto

Verb

abortus

1. conditional of aborti

Ido

Verb

abortus

1. conditional of abortar

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle from aborior ‎(“pass away; miscarry”), from ab ‎(“from, away from”) + orior ‎(“rise, get up; appear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.tus/, [aˈbɔr.tʊs]

Noun

abortus m ‎(genitive abortūs); fourth declension

1. premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion
2. (figuratively) an unfinished piece

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Synonyms

• (miscarriage): aborsus, abortiō, abortīvum, abortum

Participle

abortus m ‎(feminine aborta, neuter abortum); first/second declension

1. disappeared, passed away, having disappeared or passed away
2. miscarried, aborted, having miscarried or aborted

Inflection

First/second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• Portuguese: aborto

References

• abortus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abortus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

abortus m

1. accusative plural form of aborts

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

abòrtus m ‎(Cyrillic spelling або̀ртус)

1. miscarriage

Declension

Synonyms

• pȍbačāj