tort

See also: -tort, to'rt, and tört

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːt/

• Audio (RP)

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• (General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA^(key): /tɔ(ə)ɹt/, /tɔː(ɹ)t/

• Audio (GA)

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

Etymology 1

Dialectal variation of tart.

Adjective

tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

1. Tart, sharp.

Etymology 2

Borrowing 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 in civil court, usually through awarding damages. [from the later 16th c.]
3. (law, only in the plural torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

Synonyms

• (law: wrongful act): delict (Scottish law)

Derived terms

• cotortfeasor
• tortfeasance
• tortfeasor
• tortious
• tortiously

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

• Dutch: onrechtmatige daad f
• Finnish: vahingonteko, vahingoittaminen (fi), delikti
• French: délit civil m
• German: unerlaubte Handlung f
• Italian: illecito civile m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tort (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: tort f

• Polish: delikt (pl) m, delikt cywilny (pl) m
• Portuguese: ato ilícito (pt) m
• Spanish: delito civile (es) m
• Thai: ละเมิด (th) (lá-mə̂ət)

See also

• de son tort
• tort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Adjective

tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)

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

     Yet holds he them with tortest rein.

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

tort (plural torts)

1. (slang) A tortoise.

Anagrams

• ROTT, Rott, TRTO, Trot, trot

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin tortus.

Adjective

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

1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

Derived terms

• a tort i a dret

Related terms

• tòrcer
• tortura

Further reading

• “tort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

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".

Related terms

• tordre
• torture
• tourte

Anagrams

• trot

Further reading

• “tort” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from French tort, from Latin tortum.

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 or tortz, nominative singular torz or tortz, 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

Derived terms

• torcious

Related terms

• tordre

Descendants

• English: tort
• French: tort

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Old Provençal

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. wrong (immoral act)
2. error; mistake

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “torquēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1010

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Polish

tort urodzinowy

Etymology

Borrowing from German Torte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔrt]

• Audio

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Noun

tort m inan (diminutive torcik)

1. torte (type of cake)
2. birthday 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

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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

Declension

declension of tort

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tort	tortul	(niște) torturi	torturile
genitive/dative	(unui) tort	tortului	(unor) torturi	torturilor
vocative	tortule		torturilor

Related terms

• toarce

Etymology 2

Borrowing from German Torte.

Alternative forms

• tortă

Noun

tort n (plural torturi)

1. cake

Declension

declension of tort

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tort	tortul	(niște) torturi	torturile
genitive/dative	(unui) tort	tortului	(unor) torturi	torturilor
vocative	tortule		torturilor

See also

• turtă, prăjitură

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Veps

Noun

tort

1. tart
2. cake

Inflection

Inflection of tort
nominative sing.	tort
genitive sing.	tortan
partitive sing.	tortad
partitive plur.	tortid
	singular	plural
nominative	tort	tortad
accusative	tortan	tortad
genitive	tortan	tortiden
partitive	tortad	tortid
essive-instructive	tortan	tortin
translative	tortaks	tortikš
inessive	tortas	tortiš
elative	tortaspäi	tortišpäi
illative	?	tortihe
adessive	tortal	tortil
ablative	tortalpäi	tortilpäi
allative	tortale	tortile
abessive	tortata	tortita
comitative	tortanke	tortidenke
prolative	tortadme	tortidme
approximative I	tortanno	tortidenno
approximative II	tortannoks	tortidennoks
egressive	tortannopäi	tortidennopäi
terminative I	?	tortihesai
terminative II	tortalesai	tortilesai
terminative III	tortassai	—
additive I	?	tortihepäi
additive II	tortalepäi	tortilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “торт”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika