assortiment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

French sortir

French assortir

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -ment

Middle French -ment

French -ment

French assortimentbor.

English assortiment

Borrowed from French assortiment.

Noun

assortiment (plural assortiments)

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of assortment.
   • 1996 November 26, Stéphane Amaudruz, “ODF: need Help: drag and drop from a palette”, in comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 17 April 2022:

     I have a floating palette showing an assortiment of symbolic objects, and the user shall be able to drag them onto the main editor frame to create new items (that he can then link together...).

   • 1999 October 20, Pavel Pavlishin, “CAVIAR (wholesale prices)”, in uk.food+drink.misc‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 17 April 2022:

     An American based company offers an assortiment of Pink Salmon and Chum Caviar. This product is made in the USA with the implementation of new technology, which improves the quality of caviar and increases shelflife of this product up to two years.

   • 2004 February 26, Mike, “Report with multiple groups problem”, in comp.database.ms-access‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 17 April 2022:

     How can i print a report with all the information about the customer (name, place, telephone) with all its different contactpersons and with the assortiments he can pick out of.

Danish

Etymology

From French assortiment.

Noun

assortiment n (singular definite assortimentet, plural indefinite assortimenter)

1. assortment

Declension

Declension of assortiment

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	assortiment	assortimentet	assortimenter	assortimenterne
genitive	assortiments	assortimentets	assortimenters	assortimenternes

Further reading

• “assortiment” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• sortiment (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French assortiment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.sɔr.tiˈmɛnt/, /ɑˌsɔr.tiˈmɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: as‧sor‧ti‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

assortiment n (plural assortimenten, diminutive assortimentje n)

1. assortment
2. product base

   Alternative form: (dated) sortiment

   Wij hebben een ruim assortiment.

   We have a wide range of products.

Derived terms

• soortement

French

Etymology

From assortir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɔʁ.ti.mɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Noun

assortiment m (plural assortiments)

1. assortment
2. (business) product base, product range, product line

   Synonym: gamme de produits

Derived terms

• assortiment matrimonial

Descendants

• → Danish: assortiment
• → Dutch: assortiment

Further reading

• “assortiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• amortissent