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