retorta

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtorta]

retorta f

1. (chemistry) retort

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

Substantivization of etymology 2 (literally "bent back"). Found in the Lex Salica.^[1]

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

1. withe

First-declension noun.

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

• "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)

retorta

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

retortā

1. ablative feminine singular of retortus

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

retorta f

1. (chemistry) retort

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.

• Hyphenation: re‧tor‧ta

retorta f (plural retortas)

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

• retorcer

Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.

retorta f (plural retortas)

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

• “retorta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024