sortie
pronunciation
How to pronounce sortie in British English:
UK [ˈsɔ:ti]
How to pronounce sortie in American English:
US [ˈsɔrti]
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- Noun:
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
Word Origin
- sortie (n.)
- "attack of the besieged upon the besiegers," 1778, from French sortie (16c.), literally "a going out," noun use of fem. past participle of sortir "go out," from Vulgar Latin *surctire, from Latin surrectus, past participle of surgere "rise up" (see surge (n.)).
Example
- 1. Withdraw and realign for another sortie !
- 2. With each sortie , the team 's spirits rose .
- 3. Sortie poor old loony repeating the same bit of nonsense .
- 4. I went on a shopping sortie with my mother .
- 5. The overwork that increases temporarily among them , charter flight 121 sortie .