# aorta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /eɪˈɔːtə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /eɪˈɔɹtə/

### Noun

aorta (plural aortas or aortae)
* (anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
* (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
** 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎:Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan.

#### Coordinate terms

* circulatory system

#### Derived terms

* abdominal aorta
* aortal
* aortic
* aortitis
* aortography
* aortoplasty
* aortorrhaphy
* arch of the aorta
* porcelain aorta

#### Further reading

* aorta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Noun

aorta f (plural aortes)
* (anatomy) aorta

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əˈɔr.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aˈɔɾ.ta]

### Noun

aorta f (plural aortes)
* (anatomy) aorta

#### Related terms

* aòrtic

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aorta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌaːˈɔr.taː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: aor‧ta

### Noun

aorta f (plural aorta's)
* aorta

#### Derived terms

* aortaal
* aortisch

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Noun

aorta f (plural aortas)
* (anatomy) aorta

#### Related terms

* aórtico

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch aorta, from Latin aorta, from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɔrta]
* Hyphenation: aor‧ta

### Noun

aorta (uncountable)
* (anatomy) aorta: the great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
    Hypernym: arteri

### Further reading

* “aorta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Noun

aorta (plural aortas)
* aorta

#### Related terms

* aortic

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Noun

aorta m (genitive singular aorta, nominative plural aortaí)
* (anatomy) aorta

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
aorta
aortaí
vocative
a aorta
a aortaí
genitive
aorta
aortaí
dative
aorta
aortaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an t-aorta
na haortaí
genitive
an aorta
na n-aortaí
dative
leis an aorta don aorta
leis na haortaí :

#### Derived terms

* aorta droma (“dorsal aorta”)
* aorta tairr (“ventral aorta”)
* aorta tóracsach (“thoracic aorta”)
* aortach (“aortic”, adjective)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aorta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “aorta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɔr.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔrta
* Hyphenation: a‧òr‧ta

### Noun

aorta f (plural aorte)
* (anatomy) aorta

#### Derived terms

* aortico

### Anagrams

* arato, orata

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* aortē, adorta

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”). Medieval Latin; compare the Classical borrowing of the same as averta.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈor.ta/, [äˈɔrt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈor.ta/, [äˈɔrt̪ä]

### Noun

aorta f (genitive aortae); first declension
* aorta

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* aortālis
* aorticus
* aortīnus

## Latvian
### Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aorta f (4th declension)
* (anatomy) aorta (the main artery of the circulatory system, responsible for carrying the blood from the heart to the rest of the body except the lungs)
    lielais asinsriņķošanas loks sākas ar aortu ― the great blood circulation cycle begins with the aorta
    lielie asinsvadi: aorta un plaušu artērija ― the major blood vessels: the aorta and the pulmonary artery

#### Declension
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɔr.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrta
* Syllabification: a‧or‧ta

### Noun

aorta f
* (anatomy) aorta
    Synonym: tętnica główna
* (literary) aorta (the main area of transportation in a city)

#### Derived terms

* aortalny
* aortowy
* aortografia

### Further reading

* aorta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* aorta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [aˈɔh.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [aˈɔh.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈɔɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [aˈɔχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈɔɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈɔɾ.tɐ/
* Homophone: a horta
* Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

### Noun

aorta f (plural aortas)
* (anatomy) aorta (great artery)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎoːrta/
* Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

### Noun

àōrta f (Cyrillic spelling а̀о̄рта)
* (anatomy) aorta
    Antonym: vena

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈoɾta/ [aˈoɾ.t̪a]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾta
* Syllabification: a‧or‧ta

### Noun

aorta f (plural aortas)
* (anatomy) aorta

#### Derived terms

* aorta abdominal
* aórtico
* cayado de la aorta

### Further reading

* “aorta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English aorta.

### Noun

aorta class IX (plural aorta class X)
* (anatomy) aorta

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Noun

aorta c
* (anatomy) aorta
    Synonym: stora kroppspulsådern

#### Declension
## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ао́рта (aórta), from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

### Noun

aorta (plural aortalar)
* (anatomy) aorta