torte
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔːt/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - (General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA(key): /tɔɹt/
Audio (General American): (file) - Homophones: tort; taught, taut (non-rhotic)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Noun
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
Translations
a rich, dense cake
Anagrams
Etymology
Noun
torte f (plural tortes)
Noun
torte
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)
Related terms
Verb
torte
- inflection of torten:
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
torte f pl
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
torte
Participle
torte f pl
Anagrams
Participle
torte
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.
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