sorry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) +‎ -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒɹi/ (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈsɑɹi/ Homophone: sari (Canada, General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈsoɹi/ (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [ˈsɔɹɪ], [ˈsoːɹɪ] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹi/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsɒɹi/, [ˈsɔ̟ɹi] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɾe/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɒɾi/ Rhymes: -ɒɹi === Adjective === sorry (comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest) (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions. Synonyms: apologetic, compunctious, contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant; see also Thesaurus:regretful, Thesaurus:remorseful (of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone. Synonyms: heavy-hearted, melancholy, mournful; see also Thesaurus:sad Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable. Synonyms: pathetic, pitiable; see also Thesaurus:pitiful Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate. Synonyms: deficient, insufficient; see also Thesaurus:inadequate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === sorry Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow. Synonym: (slang, chiefly Britain) soz Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors. Synonym: excuse me Said as a request to pass somebody. Synonym: excuse me Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly. Synonyms: I beg your pardon?, I'm sorry?, say again, come again, (US) excuse me?; see also Thesaurus:say again Used to correct oneself in speech. Used as a hedge. ==== Usage notes ==== The interjection is generally understood as a clipping of I'm sorry. A typically sarcastic use slows down the rhythm and stresses the final syllable, as /ˌsɒˈɹiːː/. This is often spelled as sorree or emphatically as something like sor-REE!! in print. ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === sorry (plural sorries or sorrys) The act of saying sorry; an apology. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sorry (third-person singular simple present sorries, present participle sorrying, simple past and past participle sorried) (intransitive, transitive, rare) To feel sorry (for someone). === Related terms === sorrow sorrowful === References === “sorry, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Further reading === “sorry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sorry”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Chinese == === Etymology === From English sorry. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === sorry (Hong Kong Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien, Penang Hokkien, colloquial) sorry ==== Synonyms ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from English sorry. === Interjection === sorry (informal) sorry (I apologize) Synonym: pardon == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sorry. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.ri/ Hyphenation: sor‧ry === Interjection === sorry sorry (expressing regret) Je hebt me heel erg pijn gedaan toen je dat zei. — Sorry, dat is nooit mijn bedoeling geweest. You really hurt me a lot when you said that. — Sorry, that was never my intention. sorry, pardon, excuse me Je stond op mijn voet! — Oh, sorry! You were standing on my foot! — Oh, sorry! ==== Synonyms ==== (expressing regret): het spijt me (pardon): pardon, excuseer ==== Derived terms ==== sorrycultuur sorrydemocratie sorry, mijn naam is Corrie ==== Related terms ==== zeer ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: sòri == German == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English sorry. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɔʁi/, /ˈsɔʁi/ Hyphenation: sor‧ry === Interjection === sorry (colloquial) sorry (expressing regret) Synonym: Entschuldigung === Further reading === “sorry”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “sorry” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sorry” in Duden online == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Anglo-Norman soree. ==== Noun ==== sorry alternative form of sorre === Etymology 2 === From Old English sāriġ. ==== Noun ==== sorry (Late ME) alternative form of sory == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English sorry. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.rɘ/ Rhymes: -ɔrɘ Syllabification: so‧rry === Interjection === sorry (informal) sorry! (expressing regret) Synonym: przepraszam === Further reading === “sorry”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English sorry. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsori/ [ˈso.ri] Rhymes: -ori Syllabification: so‧rry === Interjection === sorry (informal) sorry (expressing regret) Synonym: perdón ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English sorry. === Interjection === sorry (informal, casual) sorry (expressing regret) ==== Usage notes ==== As with many English expressions in Swedish; the word sorry has much lower weight and meaning than its counterpart förlåt (“sorry”). ==== Synonyms ==== förlåt (“sorry”) ledsen (“sorry”), (casual) lessen (“sorry”) === Anagrams === syror == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sairag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔriː/ === Noun === sorry sorrow ==== Derived terms ==== ingsaury === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69