tartar
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) enPR: tärʹ-tər, IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tärʹ-tər, IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.tə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: tar‧tar
- Homophone: tarter
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct.
Noun edit
tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)
- A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
- A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
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Etymology 2 edit
From figurative use of Tartar.
Noun edit
tartar (plural tartars)
- (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.
- 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Dain Curse[1], New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 28:
- Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tartar (not comparable)
- tartare (chopped fine and served raw)
- tartar-pihvi
- steak tartare
- tartar-pihvi
Declension edit
Not inflected; used only as modifier.
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Noun edit
tartar
- A dish prepared with finely chopped, raw ingredients; in English the names of these dishes are formed with the adjective "tartare".
- Alkupalaksi tarjottiin lohitartaria.
- A salmon tartare was served as appetizer.
Declension edit
Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tartar | tartarit | ||
genitive | tartarin | tartarien | ||
partitive | tartaria | tartareja | ||
illative | tartariin | tartareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tartar | tartarit | ||
accusative | nom. | tartar | tartarit | |
gen. | tartarin | |||
genitive | tartarin | tartarien | ||
partitive | tartaria | tartareja | ||
inessive | tartarissa | tartareissa | ||
elative | tartarista | tartareista | ||
illative | tartariin | tartareihin | ||
adessive | tartarilla | tartareilla | ||
ablative | tartarilta | tartareilta | ||
allative | tartarille | tartareille | ||
essive | tartarina | tartareina | ||
translative | tartariksi | tartareiksi | ||
abessive | tartaritta | tartareitta | ||
instructive | — | tartarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
tartar f (invariable)
- Alternative form of tartare
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French Tartare.
Adjective edit
tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)
- Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups)
Descendants edit
- French: tartare
References edit
- tartare on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old Irish edit
Verb edit
·tartar
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·tartar | ·thartar | ·tartar pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тарътаръ (tarŭtarŭ), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Doublet of Tartarus.
Noun edit
tartar n (plural tartaruri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tartar | tartarul | (niște) tartaruri | tartarurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) tartar | tartarului | (unor) tartaruri | tartarurilor |
vocative | tartarule | tartarurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French (bifteck) tartare.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tartar m (plural tartares)
Further reading edit
- “tartar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014