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sort

[sɔʁ]

noun

LanguageFrench (France)

Meaning
  1. fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
  2. lot (something used in determining a question by chance)
  3. spell (magical incantation). 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "On a jetté un sort sur son bétail, a spell is made upon his cattle, or his cattle is bewitched."
  4. fate
Examples

Je suis tombé amoureux de lui depuis le premier jour où je l'ai vu. C'était le sort.

I fell in love with him since the first day I laid eyes on him. It was destiny.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.