English Explanatory Dictionary

KORT

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of Knight of the Round Table.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of Knight of the Round Table.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of Knights of the Round Table.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

En-au-KORT.ogg

Word forms

KORT KORTs K.O.R.T.

Etymology

* As a Dutch surname, from the adjective kort (“short”). * As a German surname, pet form of Konrad. * As a Jewish surname, via Polish from Yiddish קאָרט (kort, “cord”), ultimately from the root of English cord. * Also as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאַרטל (kartl, “card”), itself borrowed from German Karte.

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