tort

See also: -tort, to'rt, and tört

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: tô(r)t, IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː(r)t/

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• Homophones: taught, taut (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

Etymology 1

Dialectal variation of tart.

Adjective

tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

1. Tart, sharp.

Etymology 2

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from tortus (“twisted”).

Noun

tort (plural torts)

1. An injury or wrong. [from the mid-13th c.]
   • Spenser

     that had them long opprest with tort

2. (law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages. [from the later 16th c.]
3. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (in the plural, torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

Synonyms

• (legal, a wrongful act): delict (Scottish law)

Translations

injury or wrong

• Finnish: vahinko (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tort (no) m, f (dated, now only in fixed expressions)

  Nynorsk: tort f (dated, now only in fixed expressions)

law: wrongful act causing injury

• Finnish: vahingonteko, vahingoittaminen, delikti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tort (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: tort f

• Polish: delikt (pl) m
• Spanish: agravio (es) m

Derived terms

• tortious

See also

• Wikipedia article on "tort"

Etymology 3

Adjective

tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)

1. (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
   • Emerson

     Yet holds he them with tortest rein.

Anagrams

• trot

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tortus.

Adjective

tort m (feminine torta, masculine plural torts, feminine plural tortes)

1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

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French

Etymology

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /tɔʀ/

Noun

tort m (plural torts)

1. fault

   Elle a le tort d'avoir trop de précipitation. Her trouble is, she's too hasty.

   Le mari n'a aucun tort. The husband is not to blame.

2. wrong, error

   Je regrette, vous avez tort. I'm afraid you are mistaken.

   Nous avons fait notre choix, à tort ou à raison. We have made our choice, rightly or wrongly.

   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV:

     [J]e suis le valeureux don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.

     ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

Derived terms

• avoir tort
• à tort ou à raison, "right or wrong".

Anagrams

• trot

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French, from Latin torquere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʈ/
• Rhymes: -uʈ

Noun

tort

1. (law) offense against someone, an insult or inconvenience caused to someone

Usage notes

Only used in the legal phrase tort og svie

Related terms

• tortur

References

• “tort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Noun

tort m (oblique plural torz, nominative singular torz, nominative plural tort)

1. wrong; misdeed (something considered wrong)
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Sovent regrete le roi Marc
     Son oncle, qui a fait tel tort

     King Mark often regretted
     That his uncle had done such a bad thing

Descendants

• English: tort
• French: tort

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

tort urodzinowy

Noun

tort m

1. torte (type of cake)

Declension

    declension of tort

	singular	plural
nominative	tort	torty
genitive	tortu	tortów
dative	tortowi	tortom
accusative	tort	torty
instrumental	tortem	tortami
locative	torcie	tortach
vocative	torcie	torty

Derived terms

• torcik

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin tortus.

Noun

tort n (plural torturi)

1. thread (spun and made of hemp)
2. quantity of spun threads

Related terms

• toarce

Etymology 2

From German Torte.

Alternative forms

• tortă

Noun

tort n (plural torturi)

1. a cake

See also

• turtă, prăjitură

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Veps

Noun

tort

1. tart
2. cake