resort

See also: Resort and re-sort

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɔːt/
• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, pages 52–53:

     Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?

2. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).

   to have resort to violence

   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 81, column 2:

     Ioyne with me to forbid him her reſort,

3. (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
   • a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 40:

     Far from all reſort of mirth,

4. (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

Derived terms

• court of last resort
• drug of last resort
• health resort
• lender of last resort
• letter of last resort
• resort charge
• resorter
• resort fee
• resort town
• seaside resort
• Silverado Resort
• ski resort
• summer resort

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: リゾート (rizōto)
• → Korean: 리조트 (rijoteu)
• → Portuguese: resort
• → Spanish: resort
• → Thai: รีสอร์ท (rii-sɔ̀ɔt)

Translations

a relaxing environment for people on vacation

• Albanian: vendpushim (sq) m
• Arabic: مُنْتَجَع m (muntajaʕ)
• Armenian: կուրորտ (hy) (kurort), (health) առողջարան (hy) (aṙoġǰaran)
• Azerbaijani: kurort
• Belarusian: куро́рт m (kurórt)
• Bulgarian: куро́рт (bg) m (kurórt)
• Burmese: အပန်းဖြေနေရာ (a.pan:hprenera)
• Catalan: complex turístic (ca) m (literally “touristic complex”)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 度假勝地 / 度假胜地 (dùjià shèngdì), 度假村 (dùjiàcūn), 渡假村 (dùjiàcūn)

• Czech: letovisko n, letoviště n
• Danish: opholdssted n
• Dutch: vakantieoord (nl) n
• Estonian: kuurort
• Finnish: lomakohde (fi)
• French: lieu de vacances m, resort (fr) m
• Georgian: კურორტი (ḳurorṭi)
• German: Kurort (de) m, Resort (de) m, Ferienort (de) m
• Greek: θέρετρο (el) n (théretro), εντευκτήριο (el) n (entefktírio)
• Hebrew: כְּפָר נֹפֶשׁ (he) m (kfar nófesh)
• Hindi: रिसॉर्ट m (risŏrṭ)
• Hungarian: gyógyhely (hu), üdülő (hu)
• Italian: villaggio vacanze m, villagio turistico m
• Japanese: リゾート (ja) (rizōto)
• Kazakh: курорт (kurort)
• Khmer: រមណីយដ្ឋាន (km) (rĕəʼmĕəʼniiyĕəʼthaan)
• Korean: 리조트 (rijoteu), 휴양지(休養地) (ko) (hyuyangji)
• Kyrgyz: курорт (kurort)
• Lao: ຣີສອດ (rī sǭt)
• Latin: locus fēriae m (literally “place of vacation”)
• Latvian: kūrorts m, atpūtas vieta f
• Lithuanian: kurortas m, poilsiavietė f
• Macedonian: одморалиште n (odmoralište), лекувалиште n (lekuvalište)
• Malay: tempat peranginan
• Maori: wāhi whakatā, tūnga whakatā, taunga whakatā, hōtēra whakatā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feriested n

• Persian: استراحتگاه (fa) (esterâhatgâh)
• Polish: kurort (pl) m, uzdrowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: resort (pt) m, estância (pt) f
• Russian: куро́рт (ru) m (kurórt), здра́вница (ru) f (zdrávnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одма̀ралӣште n, ле̏товалӣште n, ље̏товалӣште n

  Roman: odmàralīšte (sh) n, lȅtovalīšte n, ljȅtovalīšte (sh) n

• Slovak: letovisko n
• Slovene: letovišče n
• Spanish: estación turística f, complejo vacacional m, resort (es) m, centro turístico m
• Swedish: semesterort (sv) c, kurort (sv) c, badort (sv) c
• Tajik: курорт (kurort), истироҳатгоҳ (istirohatgoh)
• Thai: รีสอร์ท (rii-sɔ̀ɔt), ที่ตากอากาศ
• Turkish: tatil köyü (tr)
• Ukrainian: куро́рт m (kurórt)
• Urdu: ریزورٹ m (rizorṭ)
• Uzbek: kurort (uz)
• Vietnamese: khu nghỉ dưỡng (區𢪀養)

something or someone turned to for safety

• Bulgarian: убе́жище (bg) n (ubéžište)
• Dutch: uitweg (nl), toevlucht (nl)
• Finnish: turva (fi)
• French: sortie (fr), recours (fr)
• German: Ausweg (de) m, Zuflucht (de) f
• Greek: καταφύγιο (el) n (katafýgio)
• Maori: puninga
• Portuguese: refúgio (pt) m
• Russian: убе́жище (ru) n (ubéžišče)
• Spanish: recurso (es) m, refugio (es) m
• Swedish: tillflykt (sv) c, tillhåll (sv) n

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

1. (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:

     The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table […]

   • 1950 November, H. P. White, “The Furka-Oberalp Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 767:

     Just beyond that station the first step is encountered and the rack resorted to, taking the line on a gradient of 1 in 9 over a steeply inclined bridge and through a spiral tunnel.

   • 1959 November, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification retrospect”, in Trains Illustrated, page 544:

     The North British Railway was always anxious to connect its line to Helensburgh Pier but the local residents would not permit their foreshore or promenade to be disfigured, so the company had to resort further east and on May 18, 1882, opened the railway pier and station at Craigendoran.

   • 2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist‎^[2], volume 100, number 1, page 60:

     Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

2. (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
   • 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Touching the Course of Descents in England”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], →OCLC, page 211:

     But the Inheritance of the Son never reſorted to the Mother, or to any of her Anceſtors, but both ſhe and they were totally excluded from the Succeſſion.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:

     I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard.

3. (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

     The same daye went Jesus out off the housse, and sat by the seesyde, and moch people resorted unto him, so gretly that he went and sat in a shyppe, and all the people stode on the shoore.

Derived terms

• last resort

Translations

to have recourse out of necessity or frustration

• Azerbaijani: əl atmaq
• Bulgarian: прибягвам (bg) (pribjagvam), обръщам се към (obrǎštam se kǎm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 求助 (zh) (qiúzhù)

• Finnish: turvautua (fi)
• French: recourir (fr) (à)
• German: zurückgreifen (de), verlegen sich (de), verfallen (de)
• Greek: καταφεύγω (el) (katafévgo), προσφεύγω (el) (prosfévgo)
• Hungarian: folyamodik (hu)
• Italian: fare ricorso
• Latin: confugio (la) (ad), recurro (with ad)
• Norwegian: ty til
• Occitan: recórrer (oc)
• Persian: اندخسیدن (fa) (andaxsidan)
• Polish: uciec się (pl) pf, uciekać się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: apelar (pt)
• Spanish: recurrir (es), acudir (es)

to fall back

• Finnish: palautua (fi)
• German: zurückfallen (de), heimfallen, zurückkehren (de)
• Portuguese: recorrer (pt)

to make one's way

• Bulgarian: отправям се (otpravjam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 诉诸 (zh) (sùzhū)

• Finnish: päästä (fi)
• German: kommen (de)

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ sort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈsɔ(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

2. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)

Translations

to repeat a sorting process — see re-sort

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. Alternative spelling of re-sort.
   • 1991, Dr. Dobb's journal: software tools for the professional programmer, Volume 16:

     "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.

Etymology 3

From French ressort.

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. (obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     Some […] know the resorts and falls of business that cannot sink into the main of it.

Further reading

• “resort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “resort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “resort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “resort”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Storer, Torres, retros, roster, sorter, storer

Czech

Alternative forms

• rezort

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ressort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛsort]
• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛzort]

Noun

resort m inan

1. province, department, section

Declension

Declension of resort (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	resort	resorty
genitive	resortu	resortů
dative	resortu	resortům
accusative	resort	resorty
vocative	resorte	resorty
locative	resortě, resortu	resortech
instrumental	resortem	resorty

Related terms

• resortní

 

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English resort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈzɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: re‧sort
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

resort n (plural resorts)

1. a resort (place with recreational environment for holidays)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ressort. First attested in 1852. Compare Silesian resōrt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.sɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɔrt
• Syllabification: re‧sort

Noun

resort m inan (related adjective resortowy)

1. government department

   Synonym: ministerstwo

2. (colloquial) jurisdiction (power or right to exercise authority)

   Synonyms: dziedzina, kompetencje

3. resort (place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment)

Declension

Declension of resort

	singular	plural
nominative	resort	resorty
genitive	resortu	resortów
dative	resortowi	resortom
accusative	resort	resorty
instrumental	resortem	resortami
locative	resorcie	resortach
vocative	resorcie	resorty

Descendants

• → Kashubian: resort

Further reading

• resort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• resort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• resort in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English resort.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈzɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [hiˈzɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈzɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [hiˈzɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈzɔɾ.t͡ʃi/ [hiˈzɔɾ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈzɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [χiˈzɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈzɔɻ.te/ [hiˈzɔɻ.te]

Noun

resort m (plural resorts)

1. resort (a relaxing environment for people on vacation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English resort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈsoɾt/ [reˈsoɾt̪]
• Rhymes: -oɾt
• Syllabification: re‧sort

Noun

resort m (plural resorts)

1. resort (place for vacation)

Further reading

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