See retort in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for retort meaning in English (24.2kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*terkʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English retorte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "retortus"
},
"expansion": "Latin retortus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "retorqueo",
"3": "retorquēre",
"4": "to be forced to twist back"
},
"expansion": "retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (plural retorts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 24 11 6 4 11 12 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 13 7 4 12 15 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 17 13 8 9 12 12 1 6 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-noun-5lpmK0vb",
"links": [
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"witty",
"witty"
],
[
"reply",
"reply"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"argument",
"argument"
],
[
"originator",
"originator"
],
[
"comeback",
"comeback"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hakačaṙutʿyun",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "հակաճառություն"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nahodčiv otgovor",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "находчив отговор"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "反駁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnbó",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "反驳"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "replik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "scherp antwoord"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "sivallus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "tiuskaisu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réplique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riposte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "repartie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schlagfertige Antwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Erwiderung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Retourkutsche"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "visszavágás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "riposzt"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "repliko"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aisfhreagra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "replica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchigotae",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "口答え"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "asa atbilde"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "taṟkkuttaraṁ",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "തർക്കുത്തരം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "kupu paremata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "ngutu atamai"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "replica"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "repartida"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rebecada"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "retornament"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riposta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réplica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parirovanije",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "парирование"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réplica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "replik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "genmäle"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*terkʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English retorte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "retortus"
},
"expansion": "Latin retortus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "retorqueo",
"3": "retorquēre",
"4": "to be forced to twist back"
},
"expansion": "retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "retorting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 24 11 6 4 11 12 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 13 7 4 12 15 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 17 13 8 9 12 12 1 6 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-verb-tcdNbcgF",
"links": [
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"witty",
"witty"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "51 21 0 28",
"sense": "sharp reply",
"word": "comeback"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 21 0 28",
"sense": "sharp reply",
"word": "rejoinder"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 21 0 28",
"sense": "sharp reply",
"word": "back answer"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bocʿel",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "բոցել"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otvrǎštam",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "отвръщам"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otgovarjam ostroumno",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "отговарям остроумно"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "反駁"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnbó",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "反驳"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huízuǐ",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "回嘴"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "sivaltaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "tiuskaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "rétorquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "lancer"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "retrucar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchigotae suru",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "口答えする"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "asi atbildēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "atcirst"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tiriccaṭikkuka",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "തിരിച്ചടിക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "ripostować"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "retorquir"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parirovatʹ",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "парировать"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otbritʹ",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отбрить"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "replikera"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "genmäla"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "etirttu pēcu",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "எதிர்த்து பேசு"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpovidaty",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "відповідати"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidkazuvaty",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "відказувати"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 24 11 6 4 11 12 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 13 7 4 12 15 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 17 13 8 9 12 12 1 6 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to retort the charge of vanity"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-verb-ZfKhOSAb",
"links": [
[
"remark",
"remark"
],
[
"argument",
"argument"
],
[
"originator",
"originator"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "a retorted line"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bend or curve back."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-verb-WM4q~aG-"
},
{
"glosses": [
"To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-verb-U1YC-IcR"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "retort curry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "retort food"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "retort pouch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "retort stand"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "French retorte",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French retorte.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (plural retorts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chemistry",
"orig": "en:Chemistry",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "29 24 11 6 4 11 12 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 13 7 4 12 15 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 17 13 8 9 12 12 1 6 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, page 670",
"text": "A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation."
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "pelican"
}
],
"id": "en-retort-en-noun-en:flask",
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
],
[
"tapered",
"taper"
],
[
"distillation",
"distillation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation."
],
"senseid": [
"en:flask"
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿoranotʿ",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "թորանոթ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿoraman",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "թորաման"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "retorta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "реторта"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲頸甑"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qū jǐng zèng",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲颈甑"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "křivule"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "retort"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "destillerkolbe"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "retort"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortti"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "cornue"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Retorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apostaktíras",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αποστακτήρας"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "lombik"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorto"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "storta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "retoruto",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "レトルト"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto kakīroa"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto whakaturuturu"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balão"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortă"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "retórta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "рето́рта"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kólba",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ко́лба"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retort"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 8 5 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "retorta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "реторта"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 24 11 6 4 11 12 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 20 13 7 4 12 15 0 3 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 17 13 8 9 12 12 1 6 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-noun-jKtstV3q",
"links": [
[
"airtight",
"airtight"
],
[
"material",
"material"
],
[
"temperatures",
"temperature"
],
[
"chemical",
"chemical"
],
[
"industrial",
"industrial"
],
[
"manufacturing",
"manufacturing"
],
[
"smelting",
"smelt"
],
[
"forging",
"forge"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 94 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an airtight vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Autoklav"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, page 268",
"text": "The retort is above boiling water. Beneath is a furnace. To the right a man is removing the chips from which the camphor has been extracted.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A pressure cooker."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-noun-rui81oP3",
"links": [
[
"pressure cooker",
"pressure cooker"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A crematory furnace."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-noun-TZLthgHZ",
"links": [
[
"crematory",
"crematory"
],
[
"furnace",
"furnace"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "French retorte",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French retorte.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "retorting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To heat in a retort."
],
"id": "en-retort-en-verb-RaYJsofT",
"links": [
[
"heat",
"heat"
],
[
"retort",
"#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To heat in a retort."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English reporting verbs",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terkʷ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*terkʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English retorte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "retortus"
},
"expansion": "Latin retortus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "retorqueo",
"3": "retorquēre",
"4": "to be forced to twist back"
},
"expansion": "retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (plural retorts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback."
],
"links": [
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"witty",
"witty"
],
[
"reply",
"reply"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"argument",
"argument"
],
[
"originator",
"originator"
],
[
"comeback",
"comeback"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hakačaṙutʿyun",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "հակաճառություն"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nahodčiv otgovor",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "находчив отговор"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "反駁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnbó",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "反驳"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "replik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "scherp antwoord"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "sivallus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "tiuskaisu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réplique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riposte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "repartie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schlagfertige Antwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Erwiderung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Retourkutsche"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "visszavágás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "riposzt"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "repliko"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aisfhreagra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "replica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchigotae",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "口答え"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "asa atbilde"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "taṟkkuttaraṁ",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "തർക്കുത്തരം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "kupu paremata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "ngutu atamai"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "replica"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "repartida"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rebecada"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "retornament"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riposta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réplica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parirovanije",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "парирование"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "réplica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "replik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sharp or witty reply",
"word": "genmäle"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English reporting verbs",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terkʷ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*terkʷ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English retorte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "retortus"
},
"expansion": "Latin retortus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "retorqueo",
"3": "retorquēre",
"4": "to be forced to twist back"
},
"expansion": "retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "retorting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation."
],
"links": [
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"witty",
"witty"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "to retort the charge of vanity"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility."
],
"links": [
[
"remark",
"remark"
],
[
"argument",
"argument"
],
[
"originator",
"originator"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "a retorted line"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bend or curve back."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "sharp reply",
"word": "comeback"
},
{
"sense": "sharp reply",
"word": "rejoinder"
},
{
"sense": "sharp reply",
"word": "back answer"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bocʿel",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "բոցել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otvrǎštam",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "отвръщам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otgovarjam ostroumno",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "отговарям остроумно"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "反駁"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnbó",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "反驳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huízuǐ",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "回嘴"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "sivaltaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "tiuskaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "rétorquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "lancer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "retrucar"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchigotae suru",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "口答えする"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "asi atbildēt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "atcirst"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tiriccaṭikkuka",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "തിരിച്ചടിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "ripostować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "retorquir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parirovatʹ",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "парировать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otbritʹ",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отбрить"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "replikera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "genmäla"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "etirttu pēcu",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "எதிர்த்து பேசு"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpovidaty",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "відповідати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidkazuvaty",
"sense": "To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "відказувати"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English reporting verbs",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "retort curry"
},
{
"word": "retort food"
},
{
"word": "retort pouch"
},
{
"word": "retort stand"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "French retorte",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French retorte.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (plural retorts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Chemistry"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, page 670",
"text": "A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation."
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "pelican"
}
],
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
],
[
"tapered",
"taper"
],
[
"distillation",
"distillation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation."
],
"senseid": [
"en:flask"
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal."
],
"links": [
[
"airtight",
"airtight"
],
[
"material",
"material"
],
[
"temperatures",
"temperature"
],
[
"chemical",
"chemical"
],
[
"industrial",
"industrial"
],
[
"manufacturing",
"manufacturing"
],
[
"smelting",
"smelt"
],
[
"forging",
"forge"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, page 268",
"text": "The retort is above boiling water. Beneath is a furnace. To the right a man is removing the chips from which the camphor has been extracted.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A pressure cooker."
],
"links": [
[
"pressure cooker",
"pressure cooker"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A crematory furnace."
],
"links": [
[
"crematory",
"crematory"
],
[
"furnace",
"furnace"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿoranotʿ",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "թորանոթ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿoraman",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "թորաման"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "retorta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "реторта"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲頸甑"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qū jǐng zèng",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲颈甑"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "křivule"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "retort"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "destillerkolbe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "retort"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "cornue"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Retorte"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apostaktíras",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αποστακτήρας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "lombik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "storta"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "retoruto",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "レトルト"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorte"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto kakīroa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto whakaturuturu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "retórta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "рето́рта"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kólba",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ко́лба"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retort"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "retorta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "реторта"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an airtight vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Autoklav"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English reporting verbs",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "retorte"
},
"expansion": "French retorte",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French retorte.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "retorts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "retorting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "retorted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tort"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To heat in a retort."
],
"links": [
[
"heat",
"heat"
],
[
"retort",
"#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To heat in a retort."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-retort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-retort.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "retort"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.