/aˈbɔʈ/, /aˈbɔʁt/
OpprinnelseFrom Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“I rise, appear, am born”), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).
- masculinean abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
“illegal abort” — illegal abortion
“provosert abort” — provoked abortion
- masculinea miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)
“ha en abort” — have an abortion
“ta abort” — induce abortion
“habituell abort” — habitual abortion (the miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies)
- masculinean abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)
“foreta en abort” — perform an abortion
“kjønnsbetinget abort” — gendered abortion
“selvbestemt abort” — self-determined abortion (artificial abortion that a pregnant woman may require performed by the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, according to Norwegian law)
- archaic, masculinea premature foetus
- masculinethe act of aborting
Bøyningeraborten(definite, singular) · aborter(indefinite, plural) · abortene(definite, plural)