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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sortir.
Pronunciation
Noun
сорти́р • (sortír) m inan (genitive сорти́ра, nominative plural сорти́ры, genitive plural сорти́ров)
- (slang) john, toilet
- (slang) a position of loss in checkers (draughts) when a player has no valid move remaining (in Russian it is called a loss by being locked in the toilet , see #1)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сортир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Krysin, L. M. (2006) “сортир”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo