See also: Tartar, tàrtar, and tårtar

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)

  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
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Etymology 2

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From figurative use of Tartar.

Noun

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tartar (plural tartars)

  1. (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.
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Finnish

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Etymology

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From French tartare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑrtɑr/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝rt̪ɑ̝r]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrtɑr
  • Syllabification(key): tar‧tar

Adjective

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tartar (not comparable)

  1. tartare (chopped fine and served raw)
    tartar-pihvi
    steak tartare

Declension

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Not inflected; used only as modifier.

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compounds

Noun

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tartar

  1. 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

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Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tartarini tartarini
accusative nom. tartarini tartarini
gen. tartarini
genitive tartarini tartarieni
partitive tartariani tartarejani
inessive tartarissani tartareissani
elative tartaristani tartareistani
illative tartariini tartareihini
adessive tartarillani tartareillani
ablative tartariltani tartareiltani
allative tartarilleni tartareilleni
essive tartarinani tartareinani
translative tartarikseni tartareikseni
abessive tartarittani tartareittani
instructive
comitative tartareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tartarisi tartarisi
accusative nom. tartarisi tartarisi
gen. tartarisi
genitive tartarisi tartariesi
partitive tartariasi tartarejasi
inessive tartarissasi tartareissasi
elative tartaristasi tartareistasi
illative tartariisi tartareihisi
adessive tartarillasi tartareillasi
ablative tartariltasi tartareiltasi
allative tartarillesi tartareillesi
essive tartarinasi tartareinasi
translative tartariksesi tartareiksesi
abessive tartarittasi tartareittasi
instructive
comitative tartareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tartarimme tartarimme
accusative nom. tartarimme tartarimme
gen. tartarimme
genitive tartarimme tartariemme
partitive tartariamme tartarejamme
inessive tartarissamme tartareissamme
elative tartaristamme tartareistamme
illative tartariimme tartareihimme
adessive tartarillamme tartareillamme
ablative tartariltamme tartareiltamme
allative tartarillemme tartareillemme
essive tartarinamme tartareinamme
translative tartariksemme tartareiksemme
abessive tartarittamme tartareittamme
instructive
comitative tartareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tartarinne tartarinne
accusative nom. tartarinne tartarinne
gen. tartarinne
genitive tartarinne tartarienne
partitive tartarianne tartarejanne
inessive tartarissanne tartareissanne
elative tartaristanne tartareistanne
illative tartariinne tartareihinne
adessive tartarillanne tartareillanne
ablative tartariltanne tartareiltanne
allative tartarillenne tartareillenne
essive tartarinanne tartareinanne
translative tartariksenne tartareiksenne
abessive tartarittanne tartareittanne
instructive
comitative tartareinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tartarinsa tartarinsa
accusative nom. tartarinsa tartarinsa
gen. tartarinsa
genitive tartarinsa tartariensa
partitive tartariaan
tartariansa
tartarejaan
tartarejansa
inessive tartarissaan
tartarissansa
tartareissaan
tartareissansa
elative tartaristaan
tartaristansa
tartareistaan
tartareistansa
illative tartariinsa tartareihinsa
adessive tartarillaan
tartarillansa
tartareillaan
tartareillansa
ablative tartariltaan
tartariltansa
tartareiltaan
tartareiltansa
allative tartarilleen
tartarillensa
tartareilleen
tartareillensa
essive tartarinaan
tartarinansa
tartareinaan
tartareinansa
translative tartarikseen
tartariksensa
tartareikseen
tartareiksensa
abessive tartarittaan
tartarittansa
tartareittaan
tartareittansa
instructive
comitative tartareineen
tartareinensa

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Italian

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Noun

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tartar f (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of tartare

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French Tartare.

Adjective

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tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)

  1. Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups)

Descendants

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  • French: tartare

References

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  • tartare on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old Irish

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Verb

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·tartar

  1. passive singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тарътаръ (tarŭtarŭ), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Doublet of Tartarus.

Noun

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tartar n (plural tartaruri)

  1. hell

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French (bifteck) tartare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taɾˈtaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tar‧tar

Noun

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tartar m (plural tartares)

  1. tartar

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