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).

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

a rich, dense cake

Czech: dort (cs) m
Finnish: täytekakku (fi)
German: Torte (de) f
Hungarian: torta (hu)
Japanese: トルテ (torute)
Polish: tort (pl) m
Portuguese: torta (pt)
Russian: торт (ru) m (tort)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: kaka (sv) c

Anagrams edit

Otter, Treto, ortet, otter, toret, toter

Bourguignon edit

Etymology edit

From Latin turta.

Noun edit

torte f (plural tortes)

pie, tart

Estonian edit

Noun edit

torte

partitive plural of tort

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)

cake, pie, tart, etc.

Related terms edit

German edit

Verb edit

torte

inflection of torten:

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtor.te/
Rhymes: -orte
Hyphenation: tór‧te

Noun edit

torte f pl

plural of torta

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔr.te/
Rhymes: -ɔrte
Hyphenation: tòr‧te

Adjective edit

torte

feminine plural of torto

Participle edit

torte f pl

feminine plural of torto

Anagrams edit

Ettòr, retto, retto-, rotte, tetro, trote

Latin edit

Participle edit

torte

vocative masculine singular of tortus

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