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tart

See also: Tart and tárt

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), German zart (“delicate, tender”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).

AdjectiveEdit

tart (comparative tarter, superlative tartest)

  1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
    I ate a very tart apple.
  2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
  3. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
    He gave me a very tart reply.
SynonymsEdit
  • (of wine: high in acidity): green
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Old French tarte (“flat pastry”) (Modern French tarte), from tourte, from Vulgar Latin *torta, from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to torta.

NounEdit

tart (plural tarts)

 
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  1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
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Etymology 3Edit

From sweetheart or jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening

NounEdit

tart (plural tarts)

  1. (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
  2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
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VerbEdit

tart (third-person singular simple present tarts, present participle tarting, simple past and past participle tarted)

  1. To practice prostitution
  2. To practice promiscuous sex
  3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily
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AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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  • Rhymes: -ɑrt

VerbEdit

tart

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tarten
  2. imperative of tarten

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tart

  1. (transitive) to keep (many different senses overlapping with English, see examples)
    (somewhere): A fontos papírokat a fiókban tartom. ― I keep the important documents in the drawer.
    (somehow): A hűtő hidegen tartja az ételt. ― The refrigerator keeps the food cold.
    (pet): Kutyát tart. ― S/he keeps a dog.
    (idiomatic): Tartja a szavát. ― He keeps his word. (i.e. a promise)
  2. (transitive) to hold
    Synonym: fog
    Könyvet tart a kezében. ― He holds a book in his hand.
    A falak tartják a tetőt. ― The walls hold the roof.
  3. (intransitive) to take up space or time, extend, to last (-tól/-től ... -ig)
    (in time): Az előadás délig tart. ― The lecture goes on until noon. (The lecture ends at noon)
    (in space): A dugó a Petőfi utcától a Kossuth utcáig tart. ― The traffic jam extends from the Petőfi Street up to the Kossuth Street.
  4. (intransitive) momentarily describing whether a process is still in progress, and if yes how far it has gone
    A könyv elején tartok. ― I am at the beginning of the book.
    Tart még a film a tévében? ― Is the film still playing on TV?
  5. (intransitive) to head into a direction
    Merre tartasz? ― Where are you headed?
  6. (intransitive) to fear (of someone or something -tól/-től)
    Synonym: fél
    Tartok a betörőktől. ― I'm afraid of burglars.
    • 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, OCLC 908924874, page 8:
      A dzsip a lépcsőháztól nem messze parkol, balra, ide tessékelnek be, a feszültség azért már oldódik, a rendőrök is érzik, tudják, nincs mitől tartaniuk, épp eléggé elfoglal engem a magam baja, nemhogy szökésre gondoljak.
  7. (mathematics) to converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)
    A sorozat 0-hoz tart. ― The sequence converges to 0.

ConjugationEdit

conjugation of tart
Infinitive tartani
Past participle tartott
Present participle tartó
Future participle tartandó
Adverbial participle tartva
Potential tarthat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite tartok tartasz tart tartunk tartotok tartanak
Definite tartom
én téged/titeket
tartalak 		tartod tartja tartjuk tartjátok tartják
Past Indefinite tartottam tartottál tartott tartottunk tartottatok tartottak
Definite tartottam
én téged/titeket
tartottalak 		tartottad tartotta tartottuk tartottátok tartották
Conditional mood Present Indefinite tartanék tartanál tartana tartanánk tartanátok tartanának
Definite tartanám
én téged/titeket
tartanálak 		tartanád tartaná tartanánk tartanátok tartanák
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite tartsak tarts
or
tartsál 		tartson tartsunk tartsatok tartsanak
Definite tartsam
én téged/titeket
tartsalak 		tartsd
or
tartsad 		tartsa tartsuk tartsátok tartsák
Conjugated infinitive tartanom tartanod tartania tartanunk tartanotok tartaniuk

AntonymsEdit

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish tart, from Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tart m (genitive singular tarta)

  1. thirst
    Tá tart orm. ― I am thirsty.
    (lit. "Thirst is on me.")
    Chuir an liamhás tart air. ― The ham made him thirsty.
    (lit. "The ham put thirst on him.")

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tart

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tart
Vocative a thart
Genitive tarta
Dative tart

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an tart
Genitive an tarta
Dative leis an tart

don tart

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tart thart dtart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  • “tart” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “tart” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "tart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English teart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tart (rare)

  1. Sour, tart; having much acidity.
  2. (Early ME) Acute, keen; showing sharpness.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French tarte.

NounEdit

tart

  1. Alternative form of tarte

Old FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)

  1. late (after the end of a given period)

AdverbEdit

tart

  1. late (after the end of a given period)

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DescendantsEdit

Old IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tart m (genitive tarta)

  1. thirst
InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tart thart tart
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

·tart

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·tart ·thart ·tart
pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  • “tart” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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