tartar
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file) - 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)
- A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
- A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.
Derived terms
Translations
red compound deposited during wine making
hard yellow deposit on the teeth — see dental calculus
Etymology 2
From figurative use of Tartar.
Noun
tartar (plural tartars)
- (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.
- 1929, Dashiell Hammett, The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 28,[1]
Derived terms
Finnish
Adjective
tartar (not comparable)
- tartare (chopped fine and served raw)
- tartar-pihvi
- steak tartare
- tartar-pihvi
Declension
Not inflected; used only as modifier.
Derived terms
Noun
tartar
- 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.
- Alkupalaksi tarjottiin lohitartaria.
Declension
Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
tartar f (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of tartare
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French Tartare
Adjective
tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)
- 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)
Old Irish
Verb
·tartar
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Spanish
Etymology
From French (bifteck) tartare.
Noun
tartar m (plural tartares)
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