retorto

From French retorte, from Medieval Latin retortus, past participle of retorqueō (“twist back”).

• IPA^(key): /reˈtorto/
• Rhymes: -orto
• Hyphenation: re‧tor‧to

retorto (accusative singular retorton, plural retortoj, accusative plural retortojn)

1. (chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)

• retorta

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin retortus, from retorqueō.

• IPA^(key): /reˈtɔɾto̝/

retorto (feminine retorta, masculine plural retortos, feminine plural retortas)

1. twisted; winding

   Synonym: torto

• Lama Retorta
• Retorta
• Retortoiro

• retorcer
• torcer
• torto

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “retorto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “retorto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “retorto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “retorto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “retorto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

retorto (plural retorti)

1. (chemistry) retort

retortō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of retortus