soartă

Romanian

Alternative forms

• soarte

Etymology

From soarte (now considered archaic), from Latin sortem, accusative of sors (“fate”), from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). An alternative theory derives it from Latin exorta, from exortus (“appeared”), but is less likely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso̯artə]

Noun

soartă f (plural sorți)

1. fate, destiny

   Synonym: striște (obsolete), destin

   • Andrei Mureşanu, Deșteaptă-te, române

     Acum ori niciodată croiește-ți altă soartă, la care să se-nchine și cruzii tăi dușmani

     Now or never tailor your new destiny, to which even your fiendish enemies will yield

2. chance, luck

Synonyms

• (fate, destiny): destin

Related terms

• sorti

See also

• noroc