# abortus
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”). Doublet of abort.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /əˈbɔɹ.təs/

### Noun

abortus (plural abortuses or aborti)
* An abortion. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
* An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
    Synonyms: (now rare) abort, (now rare) abortion

#### Derived terms

* abortus fever

### References

* 1 2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abortus”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

### Anagrams

* Aburtos, Basurto, bars out, outbars, robusta, rubatos, tabours

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* abort

### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabortus]

### Noun

abortus m inan
* (medicine) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)
    Synonym: potrat

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “abortus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “abortus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “abortus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “abortus” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːˈbɔr.tʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: abor‧tus

### Noun

abortus m (plural abortussen, diminutive abortusje n)
* abortion, induced abortion
    Synonyms: abortus provocatus, zwangerschapsonderbreking
* miscarriage, spontaneous abortion
    Synonym: miskraam

#### Derived terms

* aborteren
* abortusarts
* abortuskliniek
* abortusrecht

#### Related terms

* aborteren
* abortorium

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: abortus

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈbortus]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ortus
* Hyphenation: a‧bor‧tus

### Verb

abortus
* conditional of aborti

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbortus/

### Verb

abortus
* conditional of abortar

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch abortus, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”). Doublet of aborsi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈabɔrt̪ʊs/
* Hyphenation: abor‧tus

### Noun

abortus (plural abortus-abortus)
* (obstetrics) abortus; abortion: the expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion (see Indonesian aborsi)

#### Derived terms

* abortus habitualis
* abortus iminens
* abortus infeksius
* abortus inkomplet
* abortus insipiens
* abortus komplet
* abortus provokatus
* abortus septik
* abortus spontan
* abortus terancam
* abortus terapeutik
* abortus tertunda

#### Related terms

* aborsi
* abortif
* abortifasien
* abortivum

### Further reading

* “abortus” 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.
* Abdul Bani Saifuddin, Trijatmo Rachimhadhi, Teuku Zulkifli Jacoeb, Ellya Iswati (1993) Kamus Obstetri dan Ginekologi [Dictionary of Obstetrics and Gynecology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 1: “abortus”

## Latin
### Etymology

Perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈbor.tus/, [äˈbɔrt̪ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈbor.tus/, [äˈbɔrt̪us]

### Noun

abortus m (genitive abortūs); fourth declension
* premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion
** 165 B.C.E., Terence, Hecyra , Act 3 Scene 3:
    […] sed si fieri id non potest quin sentiant, dicam abortum esse. […] but if that can not be managed, and they do find it out, I will say that it was a miscarriage.
** 2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia‎, Vatican:[…] ob conscientiae dignitatis amorem Ecclesia omnibus viribus Statum cogentem reicit, qui fovet atocium, sterilitatis inductionem, immo vel abortum. […] for the sake of this dignity of conscience, the Church strongly rejects the forced State intervention in favour of contraception, sterilization and even abortion.
    Synonyms: aborsus, abortiō, abortīvum, abortum
* (figuratively) an unfinished piece

#### Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

### Participle

abortus (feminine aborta, neuter abortum); first/second-declension participle
* disappeared, passed away, having disappeared or passed away
* miscarried, aborted, having miscarried or aborted

#### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

#### Related terms

* aborior
* aborīscor
* aborsus
* abortiō
* abortīvum
* abortīvus
* abortō
* abortum

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: albuertu
* → Crimean Tatar: abort
* → Danish: abort
* → Dutch: abortus
** → Indonesian: abortus
* → English: abort
** → Polish: abort
** → Portuguese: abort
* → English: abortus
* → German: Abort
** → Bulgarian: аборт (abort)
** → Estonian: abort
* → Hungarian: abortusz
* → Italian: aborto
* → Latvian: aborts
* → Lithuanian: abortas
* → Macedonian: абортус (abortus)
* → Norwegian: abort
* → Portuguese: aborto
* → Russian: аборт (abort)
** → Armenian: աբորտ (abort)
** → Eastern Mari: аборт (abort)
** → Livvi: abortu
* → Serbo-Croatian: abortus / абортус
* → Sicilian: abbortu
* → Spanish: aborto
** → Hiligaynon: aborto
* → Swedish: abort
** → Finnish: abortti
* → Tatar: аборт (abort)
* → Ukrainian: аборт (abort)
* → Uzbek: abort

### References

* “abortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “abortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Latvian
### Noun

abortus m
* accusative plural of aborts

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

abòrtus m (Cyrillic spelling або̀ртус)
* miscarriage
    Synonym: pȍbačāj