assortiment

English

Etymology

From French assortiment.

Noun

assortiment (plural assortiments)

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of assortment.
   • 1996 November 26, Stéphane Amaudruz, “ODF: need Help: drag and drop from a palette”, in comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     I have a floating palette showing an assortiment of symbolic objects, and the user shall be able to drag them onto the main editor frame to create new items (that he can then link together...).

   • 1999 October 20, Pavel Pavlishin, “CAVIAR (wholesale prices)”, in uk.food+drink.misc‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     An American based company offers an assortiment of Pink Salmon and Chum Caviar. This product is made in the USA with the implementation of new technology, which improves the quality of caviar and increases shelflife of this product up to two years.

   • 2004 February 26, Mike, “Report with multiple groups problem”, in comp.database.ms-access‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-17:

     How can i print a report with all the information about the customer (name, place, telephone) with all its different contactpersons and with the assortiments he can pick out of.

Danish

Etymology

From French assortiment.

Noun

assortiment n (singular definite assortimentet, plural indefinite assortimenter)

1. assortment

Declension

Declension of assortiment

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	assortiment	assortimentet	assortimenter	assortimenterne
genitive	assortiments	assortimentets	assortimenters	assortimenternes

Further reading

• “assortiment” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French assortiment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.sɔr.tiˈmɛnt/, /ɑˌsɔr.tiˈmɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: as‧sor‧ti‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

assortiment n (plural assortimenten, diminutive assortimentje n)

1. assortment
2. product base

   Alternative form: (dated) sortiment

   Wij hebben een ruim assortiment.

   We have a wide range of products.

French

Etymology

From assortir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɔʁ.ti.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

assortiment m (plural assortiments)

1. assortment
2. (business) product base, product range, product line

   Synonym: gamme de produits

Derived terms

• assortiment matrimonial

Descendants

• → Danish: assortiment
• → Dutch: assortiment

Further reading

• “assortiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• amortissent