how to pronounce sortie

/ˈsɔːɹtiː/

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sortie is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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iː

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meanings of sortie

noun:

An attacking move.
An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
An attack made by troops from a besieged position.

verb:

To sally.

name:

A surname.

sortie frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sortie occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sortie can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sortie can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;