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English
Etymology
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Noun
chort (plural chorts)
- (glassblowing, obsolete) A seventeenth-century unit of Burgundy glass.
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъ̀rtъ, *xъ̑rtъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔʀt/
- Rhymes: -ɔʀt
- Hyphenation: chort
- Syllabification: chort
Noun
chort m animal (zoology)
- greyhound
- (figuratively) vulture
Declension
Declension of chort (masculine hard stem)
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