Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sortir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɐrˈtʲir]
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Noun

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сорти́р (sortírm inan (genitive сорти́ра, nominative plural сорти́ры, genitive plural сорти́ров)

  1. (slang) john, toilet
  2. (slang) a position of loss in checkers (draughts) when a player has no valid move remaining (in Russian it is called a loss by being locked in the toilet [запереть в сортире], see #1)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сортир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Krysin, L. M. (2006) “сортир”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo