abortus

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”). Doublet of abort.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹ.təs/

abortus (plural abortuses or aborti)

1. An abortion. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]
2. An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]^[1]

   Synonyms: (now rare) abort, (now rare) abortion

• Aburtos, Basurto, bars out, outbars, robusta, rubatos, tabours

• abort

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈabortus]

abortus m inan

1. (medicine) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)

   Synonym: potrat

• “abortus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “abortus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “abortus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “abortus”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

• IPA^(key): /aːˈbɔr.tʏs/

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• Hyphenation: abor‧tus

abortus m (plural abortussen, diminutive abortusje n)

1. abortion, induced abortion

   Synonyms: abortus provocatus, zwangerschapsafbreking, zwangerschapsonderbreking, vruchtafdrijving

2. miscarriage, spontaneous abortion

   Synonym: miskraam

• → Indonesian: abortus

• IPA^(key): /aˈbortus/

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• Rhymes: -ortus
• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧tus

abortus

1. conditional of aborti

• IPA^(key): /aˈbortus/

abortus

1. conditional of abortar

Borrowed from Dutch abortus, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”). Doublet of aborsi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɔrt̪ʊs/
• Hyphenation: abor‧tus

abortus (plural abortus-abortus)

1. (obstetrics) abortus; abortion

• “abortus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Abdul Bani Saifuddin, Trijatmo Rachimhadhi, Teuku Zulkifli Jacoeb, Ellya Iswati (1993) Kamus Obstetri dan Ginekologi [Dictionary of Obstetrics and Gynecology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 1: “abortus”

Perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.t̪us]

abortus m (genitive abortūs); fourth declension

1. premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion
   • 165 B.C.E., Terence, Hecyra [1], Act 3 Scene 3:

     […] sed si fieri id non potest quin sentiant, dicam abortum esse.

     […] but if that can not be managed, and they do find it out, I will say that it was a miscarriage.

   • 2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia‎^[2], Vatican:

     […] ob conscientiae dignitatis amorem Ecclesia omnibus viribus Statum cogentem reicit, qui fovet atocium, sterilitatis inductionem, immo vel abortum.

     […] for the sake of this dignity of conscience, the Church strongly rejects the forced State intervention in favour of contraception, sterilization and even abortion.

   Synonyms: aborsus, abortiō, abortīvum, abortum

2. (figuratively) an unfinished piece

Fourth-declension noun.

abortus (feminine aborta, neuter abortum); first/second-declension participle

1. disappeared, passed away, having disappeared or passed away
2. miscarried, aborted, having miscarried or aborted

First/second-declension adjective.

• “abortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

abortus m

1. accusative plural of aborts

• IPA^(key): /abǒrtus/

abòrtus m inan (Cyrillic spelling або̀ртус)

1. miscarriage

   Synonym: pȍbačāj

• “abortus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025