sornette, n.f., idle talk, idle story, small talk, stuff. Conter des —s; to talk nonsense, or to say sweet nothings to.
sororal, -e, or sororial, -e, adj., of a sister, sisterly, of sisters.
sort, n.m., fate, destiny, lot; fortune; position, condition; existence; spell, charm. Le — des armes; the fate of arms, the chances of war. Au —; by lot. Tirage au —; drawing by lots. Tirer au —; to cast lots, to draw lots. Tomber au —; to draw a bad number (at conscriptions). Le — en est jeté; the die is cast. Jeter un — à quelqu’un; to throw a spell over any one. Jeter un — sur quelque chose; to throw a spell over anything. Être son —; to be one’s lot, to fall to one’s lot. Faire un — à quelqu’un; to procure any one an existence; to provide for any one.
sortable, adj., suitable.
sortablement, adv., suitably.
sortant, n.m., person going out; person leaving office, a dignity, a place. Les entrants et les —s; the incomers and outgoers.
sortant, -e, adj., outgoing, leaving office; drawn, coming out (of numbers in lotteries).
sorte, n.f., sort, kind, species; manner, way. Parler de la bonne — à quelqu’un; to rate any one soundly; (fam.) to give it him. En aucune —; in no wise. De telle —; to such a degree, in such a way. De quelque — que ce soit; in any way whatever. De la —; thus, so, in that manner, in that way. De — que, en — que; so that. De toute —, de toutes —s; of every kind, of all kinds. Faire en — que; to manage so that; to see that; to contrive that.
sorteu-r, -se, n.m.f., much out, fond of going out. C’est un grand —; he is always out, always gadding about.
sortie (-tî), n.f., going out, coming out, departure, leaving; egress, outlet, issue, exit, way out, escape; holiday; outburst, attack, abuse; tirade; (customs) exportation; (thea.) exit; (milit.) sally, sortie; low cards (at cards). À la — du dîner; on leaving the dinner-table, or at the end of the dinner. Droit de —; export duty. — de bal; opera cloak. Faire une — à quelqu’un; to blow any one up. Faire une —; (milit.) to make a sally. Faire une — contre; to launch out against. Jour de —; holiday. Fausse —; (thea.) wrong exit.