English edit

Etymology edit

Italian sortita. Doublet of sortie.

Noun edit

sortita

  1. The air sung by any of the principal characters in an opera on entering.
  2. (music) A closing voluntary; a postlude.

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sorˈti.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: sor‧tì‧ta

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

sortita f (plural sortite)

  1. sally, sortie
  2. witticism (normally battuta)

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

sortita f sg

  1. feminine singular of sortito

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