aorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /eɪˈɔːtə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /eɪˈɔɹtə/

aorta (plural aortas or aortae)

2. (anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

   Synonym: great artery

3. (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
   • 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2019:

     Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan.

• circulatory system

• aorta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

aorta f (plural aortes)

1. (anatomy) aorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɔr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈɔɾ.ta]

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aorta f (plural aortes)

1. (anatomy) aorta

• aòrtic

• “aorta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aorta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “aorta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “aorta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from Latin aorta.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːˈɔr.taː/

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• Hyphenation: aor‧ta

aorta f (plural aorta's, no diminutive)

1. aorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

aorta f (plural aortas)

1. (anatomy) aorta

• aórtico

From Dutch aorta, from Latin aorta, from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɔrta]
• Hyphenation: aor‧ta

aorta (plural aorta-aorta)

1. (anatomy) aorta: the great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system

   Hypernym: arteri

• “aorta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

aorta (plural aortas)

1. aorta

• aortic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

aorta m (genitive singular aorta, nominative plural aortaí)

1. (anatomy) aorta

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “aorta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aorta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɔr.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔrta
• Hyphenation: a‧òr‧ta

aorta f (plural aorte)

1. (anatomy) aorta

• aortico

• arato, orata

• aortē, adorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”). Medieval Latin; compare the Classical borrowing of the same as averta.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈɔr.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈɔr.ta]

aorta f (genitive aortae); first declension

1. aorta

First-declension noun.

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

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aorta f (4th declension)

1. (anatomy) aorta (the main artery of the circulatory system, responsible for carrying the blood from the heart to the rest of the body except the lungs)

   lielais asinsriņķošanas loks sākas ar aortu ― the great blood circulation cycle begins with the aorta

   lielie asinsvadi: aorta un plaušu artērija ― the major blood vessels: the aorta and the pulmonary artery

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɔr.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrta
• Syllabification: a‧or‧ta

aorta f

1. (anatomy) aorta

   Synonym: tętnica główna

2. (literary) aorta (the main area of transportation in a city)

• “aorta”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “aorta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• Homophone: a horta
• Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

aorta f (plural aortas)

1. (anatomy) aorta (great artery)

• “aorta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aorta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎoːrta/
• Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

àōrta f (Cyrillic spelling а̀о̄рта)

1. (anatomy) aorta

   Antonym: vena

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈoɾta/ [aˈoɾ.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -oɾta
• Syllabification: a‧or‧ta

aorta f (plural aortas)

1. (anatomy) aorta

• “aorta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from English aorta.

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aorta class IX (plural aorta class X)

1. (anatomy) aorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

aorta c

1. (anatomy) aorta

   Synonym: stora kroppspulsådern

Borrowed from Spanish aorta, from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”). Doublet of ayorta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈoɾta/ [ʔɐˈoɾ.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾta
• Syllabification: a‧or‧ta

aorta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜓᜇ᜔ᜆ) (anatomy)

1. aorta

   Synonyms: ayorta, punong-daluyan

• “aorta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 41

Borrowed from Russian ао́рта (aórta), from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

aorta (plural aortalar)

1. (anatomy) aorta