retorta

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtorta]

Noun

retorta f

1. (chemistry) retort

Declension

Declension of retorta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	retorta	retorty
genitive	retorty	retort
dative	retortě	retortám
accusative	retortu	retorty
vocative	retorto	retorty
locative	retortě	retortách
instrumental	retortou	retortami

Further reading

• “retorta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “retorta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology 1

Substantivization of etymology 2 (literally "bent back"). Found in the Lex Salica.

Noun

retorta f (genitive retortae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. withe

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	retorta	retortae
genitive	retortae	retortārum
dative	retortae	retortīs
accusative	retortam	retortās
ablative	retortā	retortīs
vocative	retorta	retortae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ritorta
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: redorta
  • Franco-Provençal: riôrta
  • Old French: reorte
  • Old Occitan: redorta
    • ⇒ Occitan: endòrta
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: reduerta

References

• retorta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Etymology 2

Participle

retorta

1. inflection of retortus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

retortā

1. ablative feminine singular of retortus

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈtɔr.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta
• Syllabification: re‧tor‧ta

Noun

retorta f

1. (chemistry) retort

Declension

Declension of retorta

	singular	plural
nominative	retorta	retorty
genitive	retorty	retort
dative	retorcie	retortom
accusative	retortę	retorty
instrumental	retortą	retortami
locative	retorcie	retortach
vocative	retorto	retorty

Derived terms

adjective

• retortowy

 

Further reading

• retorta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• retorta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔʁ.tɐ/ [heˈtɔh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔʁ.tɐ/ [heˈtɔh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔɾ.tɐ/ [heˈtɔɾ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔʁ.tɐ/ [χeˈtɔχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɔɻ.ta/ [heˈtɔɻ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈtɔɾ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧tor‧ta

Noun

retorta f (plural retortas)

1. (chemistry) retort (flask used in distillation)

Related terms

• retorcer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.

Noun

retorta f (plural retortas)

1. (chemistry) retort (flask used in distillation)

Related terms

• retorcer

 

Further reading

• “retorta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28