retorto

Esperanto

kupra retorto

Etymology

From French retorte, from Medieval Latin retortus, past participle of retorqueō (twist back).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [reˈtorto]
  • Rhymes: -orto
  • Hyphenation: re‧tor‧to

Noun

retorto (accusative singular retorton, plural retortoj, accusative plural retortojn)

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

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin retortus, from retorqueō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈtɔɾto̝/

Adjective

retorto (feminine retorta, masculine plural retortos, feminine plural retortas)

  1. twisted; winding
    Synonym: torto

Derived terms

  • Lama Retorta
  • Retorta
  • Retortoiro

References

  • retorto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • retorto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • retorto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • retorto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • retorto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Noun

retorto (plural retorti)

  1. (chemistry) retort

Latin

Participle

retortō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of retortus
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