vorto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wort (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorto]
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• Rhymes: -orto
• Hyphenation: vor‧to

Noun

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

1. (linguistics) word

   Synonym: termino

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎^[1]:

     Por virta orelo ne danĝeras vorto malbela.

     To a virtuous ear, an ugly word holds no danger.

2. (spoken) promise, word
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎^[2]:

     Estu sinjoro de via vorto.

     Be a man of your word.

3. (computing) word

Hyponyms

• adjektivo (“adjective”)
• adverbo (“adverb”)
• substantivo (“noun”)
• verbo (“verb”)

Holonyms

• vortaro (“dictionary”)

Derived terms

• ĉefvorto (“keyword”)
• laŭvorta (“word-for-word”)
• pasvorto (“password”)
• salutvorto (“word of greeting”)
• vortprovizo (“vocabulary”)

 

Further reading

• Esperanto grammar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• vort' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔr.to/
• Hyphenation: vor‧to

Noun

vorto (plural vorti)

1. word

Derived terms

• pasovorto (“password”)
• vortala (“verbal”)
• vortale (“verbally”)
• vortaro (“collection of words; vocabulary”)
• vortifar (“to build words”)
• vortifo (“word building”)
• vortolibro (“dictionary, wordbook”)
• vortoludo (“word play, play on words”)
• vortopa (“verbatim, word for word, literal (translation)”)
• vortope (“verbatim, word for word, literal (translation)”)

 

Further reading

• vort-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924