torte

See also: Torte, törte, and tortë

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːt/

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• (General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA^(key): /tɔɹt/

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• Homophones: tort; taught, taut (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

torte (plural tortes or torten)

1. A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).

Derived terms

• blitz torte
• Dobos torte
• Esterházy torte
• Linzer torte
• Sachertorte
• schmoo torte

 

Translations

a rich, dense cake

Czech: dort (cs) m Finnish: kakku (fi) German: Torte (de) f Hungarian: torta (hu) Japanese: トルテ (ja) (torute) Korean: 토르테 (toreute) Latvian: torte f 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

• toter, Treto, toret, otter, Ortet, Otter, Tetro, ortet, ETRTO

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin turta.

Noun

torte f (plural tortes)

1. pie, tart

Estonian

Noun

torte

1. partitive plural of tort

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), but this is phonologically problematic (cf. Friulian tuart < Latin tŏrtus).

Noun

torte f (plural tortis)

1. cake, pie, tart, etc.

Related terms

• tuart
• stuarzi

German

Verb

torte

1. inflection of torten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.te/^[1]
• Rhymes: -orte
• Hyphenation: tór‧te

Noun

torte f

1. plural of torta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔr.te/^[2]
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: tòr‧te

Adjective

torte

1. feminine plural of torto

Participle

torte

1. feminine plural of torto

References

1. torte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
2. torte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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

Latin

Participle

torte

1. vocative masculine singular of tortus

References

• “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.