Sortie — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɔːɹɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɔːti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɔːti/

1 syllable Say it as /sˈɔːɹɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sally

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ausfall

eine militärische Aktion, bei der belagerte Truppen aus ihren Stellungen hervorstürmen

🇪🇸Spanish

salida

una acción militar en la que las tropas sitiadas irrumpieron desde su posición

🇮🇹Italian

sortita

un'azione militare in cui le truppe assediate irruppero dalle loro posizioni

🇵🇹Portuguese

surtida

uma ação militar em que as tropas sitiadas irromperam de sua posição

🇷🇺Russian

вылазка

военные действия, в ходе которых осажденные войска вырвались со своих позиций

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धावा

एक सैन्य कार्रवाई जिसमें घिरी हुई सेना अपने स्थान से आगे निकल जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

সর্টী

একটি সামরিক পদক্ষেপ যেখানে অবরুদ্ধ সৈন্যরা তাদের অবস্থান থেকে বেরিয়ে আসে

🇮🇳Tamil

வரிசைப்படுத்து

முற்றுகையிடப்பட்ட துருப்புக்கள் தங்கள் நிலையிலிருந்து வெளியேறும் ஒரு இராணுவ நடவடிக்கை

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రమబద్ధీకరించు

ఒక సైనిక చర్య, దీనిలో ముట్టడి చేయబడిన దళాలు వారి స్థానం నుండి బయటకు వస్తాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

सोर्टी

एक लष्करी कारवाई ज्यामध्ये वेढा घातलेले सैन्य त्यांच्या स्थानावरून बाहेर पडले

🇮🇳Gujarati

સોર્ટી

એક લશ્કરી કાર્યવાહી જેમાં ઘેરાયેલા સૈનિકો તેમની સ્થિતિ પરથી બહાર નીકળી જાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಂಗಡಿಸಿ

ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿದ ಪಡೆಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಥಾನದಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂದ ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ಕ್ರಮ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടുക്കുക

ഉപരോധിച്ച സൈന്യം അവരുടെ സ്ഥാനത്ത് നിന്ന് പൊട്ടിത്തെറിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സൈനിക നടപടി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਵਾਰੀ

ਇੱਕ ਫੌਜੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਘੇਰਾਬੰਦੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਫੌਜ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਆ ਗਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چکر لگانا

ایک فوجی کارروائی جس میں محصور فوجی اپنی پوزیشن سے باہر نکل آئے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

出击

被围困的部队冲出阵地的军事行动

🇯🇵Japanese

出撃

包囲された軍隊が陣地から飛び出した軍事行動

🇰🇷Korean

돌격

포위된 군대가 그들의 위치에서 튀어나오는 군사적 행동

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xuất kích

một hành động quân sự trong đó quân đội bị bao vây xông ra khỏi vị trí của họ

🇹🇭Thai

เที่ยว

ปฏิบัติการทางทหารซึ่งมีกองทหารที่ถูกปิดล้อมหลุดออกจากตำแหน่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

serangan mendadak

aksi militer di mana pasukan yang terkepung keluar dari posisinya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طلعة جوية

عمل عسكري خرجت فيه القوات المحاصرة من مواقعها

🇮🇷Persian

سفر

یک اقدام نظامی که در آن نیروهای محاصره شده از موقعیت خود بیرون آمدند

🇹🇷Turkish

sorti

kuşatılmış birliklerin mevzilerinden fırladığı bir askeri harekat

🇮🇱Hebrew

גִיחָה

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The primary meaning of 'sortie' is 'a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position'.

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Using 'sortie' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'sortie' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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