tartar

See also: Tartar, tàrtar, and tårtar

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tärʹ-tər, IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/
• enPR: tärʹ-tər, IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː.tə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: tar‧tar
• Homophone: tarter

Etymology 1

From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct.

Noun

tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)

1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

Derived terms

• cream of tartar
• tartarous

Translations

red compound deposited during wine making

• Catalan: tàrtar (ca) m, tartrà (ca) m
• Finnish: viinikivi
• French: tartre (fr) m
• Galician: sarro m, sarrio m
• German: Weinstein (de) m
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• Latin: faecula f
• Persian: درد (fa) (dord)
• Polish: kamień winny (pl) m
• Spanish: tártaro (es) m

hard yellow deposit on the teeth — see dental calculus

Etymology 2

From figurative use of Tartar.

Noun

tartar (plural tartars)

1. (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.
   • 1929, Dashiell Hammett, The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 28,^[1]

     Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.

Derived terms

• tartar sauce

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Finnish

Adjective

tartar (not comparable)

1. tartare (chopped fine and served raw)

   tartar-pihvi

   steak tartare

Declension

Not inflected; used only as modifier.

Derived terms

• tartar-kastike

Noun

tartar

1. A dish prepared with finely chopped, raw ingredients; in English the names of these dishes are formed with the adjective "tartare".

   Alkupalaksi tarjottiin lohitartaria.

   A salmon tartare was served as appetizer.

Declension

Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		tartar	tartarit
genitive		tartarin	tartarien
partitive		tartaria	tartareja
illative		tartariin	tartareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tartar	tartarit
accusative	nom.	tartar	tartarit
	gen.	tartarin
genitive		tartarin	tartarien
partitive		tartaria	tartareja
inessive		tartarissa	tartareissa
elative		tartarista	tartareista
illative		tartariin	tartareihin
adessive		tartarilla	tartareilla
ablative		tartarilta	tartareilta
allative		tartarille	tartareille
essive		tartarina	tartareina
translative		tartariksi	tartareiksi
abessive		tartaritta	tartareitta
instructive		—	tartarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tartarini tartarini accusative nom. tartarini tartarini gen. tartarini genitive tartarini tartarieni partitive tartariani tartarejani inessive tartarissani tartareissani elative tartaristani tartareistani illative tartariini tartareihini adessive tartarillani tartareillani ablative tartariltani tartareiltani allative tartarilleni tartareilleni essive tartarinani tartareinani translative tartarikseni tartareikseni abessive tartarittani tartareittani instructive — — comitative — tartareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tartarisi tartarisi accusative nom. tartarisi tartarisi gen. tartarisi genitive tartarisi tartariesi partitive tartariasi tartarejasi inessive tartarissasi tartareissasi elative tartaristasi tartareistasi illative tartariisi tartareihisi adessive tartarillasi tartareillasi ablative tartariltasi tartareiltasi allative tartarillesi tartareillesi essive tartarinasi tartareinasi translative tartariksesi tartareiksesi abessive tartarittasi tartareittasi instructive — — comitative — tartareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tartarimme tartarimme accusative nom. tartarimme tartarimme gen. tartarimme genitive tartarimme tartariemme partitive tartariamme tartarejamme inessive tartarissamme tartareissamme elative tartaristamme tartareistamme illative tartariimme tartareihimme adessive tartarillamme tartareillamme ablative tartariltamme tartareiltamme allative tartarillemme tartareillemme essive tartarinamme tartareinamme translative tartariksemme tartareiksemme abessive tartarittamme tartareittamme instructive — — comitative — tartareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tartarinne tartarinne accusative nom. tartarinne tartarinne gen. tartarinne genitive tartarinne tartarienne partitive tartarianne tartarejanne inessive tartarissanne tartareissanne elative tartaristanne tartareistanne illative tartariinne tartareihinne adessive tartarillanne tartareillanne ablative tartariltanne tartareiltanne allative tartarillenne tartareillenne essive tartarinanne tartareinanne translative tartariksenne tartareiksenne abessive tartarittanne tartareittanne instructive — — comitative — tartareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tartarinsa tartarinsa accusative nom. tartarinsa tartarinsa gen. tartarinsa genitive tartarinsa tartariensa partitive tartariaan tartariansa tartarejaan tartarejansa inessive tartarissaan tartarissansa tartareissaan tartareissansa elative tartaristaan tartaristansa tartareistaan tartareistansa illative tartariinsa tartareihinsa adessive tartarillaan tartarillansa tartareillaan tartareillansa ablative tartariltaan tartariltansa tartareiltaan tartareiltansa allative tartarilleen tartarillensa tartareilleen tartareillensa essive tartarinaan tartarinansa tartareinaan tartareinansa translative tartarikseen tartariksensa tartareikseen tartareiksensa abessive tartarittaan tartarittansa tartareittaan tartareittansa instructive — — comitative — tartareineen tartareinensa

Anagrams

• tarrat

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Italian

Noun

tartar f (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of tartare

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French Tartare

Adjective

tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)

1. Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups)

Descendants

• French: tartare m or f

References

• tartare on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Old Irish

Verb

·tartar

1. passive singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·tartar	·thartar	·tartar pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French (bifteck) tartare.

Noun

tartar m (plural tartares)

1. tartar