torte
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔːt/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA(key): /tɔɹt/
Audio (GA) (file) - Homophone: tort; taught, taut (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Noun edit
torte (plural tortes or torten)
- A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
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Translations edit
a rich, dense cake
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Noun edit
torte f (plural tortes)
Estonian edit
Noun edit
torte
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), but this is phonologically problematic (cf. Friulian tuart < Latin tŏrtus).
Noun edit
torte f (plural tortis)
Related terms edit
German edit
Verb edit
torte
- inflection of torten:
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
torte f pl
Etymology 2 edit
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Adjective edit
torte
Participle edit
torte f pl
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Latin edit
Participle edit
torte
References edit
- “torte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette