sortie
French, noun/sɔʁ.ti/
sortie is spelled S-O-R-T-I-E (6 letters) and appears 135 times per million words in written French, the 612th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sortie is a French feminine noun meaning “exit; way out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of sorti. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de sortir”.
What does sortie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexit; way out
- 2
feminineact of exiting
- 3
feminineend; final part of
- 4
femininerelease (of a film, book, album etc)
- 5
feminineouting; trip (lasting no longer than a day)
- 6
feminineleave; sally; sortie
- 7
feminineoutput; connector
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sorti
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de sortir. 2. Fait pour un spationaute de sortir dans l’espace à partir d’un véhicule spatial. 3. Issue, endroit par où l’on sort. 4. Passage d’un lieu dans un autre, en parlant des marchandises qu’on transporte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sortie
- sorties plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sortie?
- /sɔʁ.ti/
- \sɔʁ.ti\
- [sɔʁ.ti]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sortie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sortie in French?
sortie appears 135 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).