tartare

See also: Tartare

English

Etymology

French tartare (literally “Tartar”).

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /tɑːɹˈtɑːɹ/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /tɑːˈtɑː/
• (Aus/NZ, as in tartare sauce) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː(ɹ)tɛə(ɹ)/

Adjective

tartare (not comparable)

1. Chopped fine and served raw.

   steak tartare; salmon tartare

Translations

Translations

• Czech: tatarský (cs)
• Finnish: tartar (fi)
• French: tartare (fr)
• Greek: ταρτάρ (el) (tartár)
• Italian: tartar (it) f
• Persian: تارتار (fa) (târtâr)

Noun

tartare (countable and uncountable, plural tartares)

1. A foodstuff chopped fine and served raw.

   We ordered two steak tartares.

2. Short for tartare sauce.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tartar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʁ.taʁ/

Adjective

tartare (plural tartares)

1. (relational) Tartar, Tatar (relating to the Tatar people or their culture)

Derived terms

• sauce tartare
• steak tartare

Noun

tartare m or f by sense (plural tartares)

1. Tartar, Tatar (a member of the Tatar people)

Noun

tartare m (countable and uncountable, plural tartares)

1. Short for steak tartare.
2. Synonym of tatar (“Tatar language”)

References

• “tartare” in Collins French-English Dictionary
• "tartare" in Reverso.
• “tartare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Una tartare di tonno rosso – A red tuna tartare

Etymology 1

From French tartare (“Tartar”), from the belief that the Tartars, having little time for cooking, put the desiccated meat under their horses' saddles while riding, in order to soften it prior to eating it.

Alternative forms

• tartar

Alternative forms

• tartara (Italianized)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tarˈtar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: tar‧tàre

Noun

tartare f (invariable)

1. a tartare dish

   Vorrei una tartare di tonno, per favore. ― I'll have a tuna tartare, please.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ta.re/
• Rhymes: -artare
• Hyphenation: tàr‧ta‧re

Adjective

tartare f pl

1. feminine plural of tartaro

Anagrams

• atterra, atterrà