tort

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See also: -tort, to'rt, and tört

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tort (plural torts)

  1. An injury or wrong. [from the mid-13th c.]
    • (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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 the awarding of damages. [from the later 16th c.]
  3. (law, only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).
Synonyms[edit]
  • (law: wrongful act): delict (Scottish law)
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► English terms derived from the PIE root *terkʷ-‎ (0 c, 21 e)
Translations[edit]

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Etymology 2[edit]

Dialectal variation of tart.

Adjective[edit]

tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

  1. Tart; sharp.

Etymology 3[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)

  1. (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
    • (Can we date this quote by Emerson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Yet holds he them with tortest rein.

Etymology 4[edit]

Shortening.

Noun[edit]

tort (plural torts)

  1. (slang) A tortoise.

Etymology 5[edit]

Shortening.

Noun[edit]

tort (plural torts)

  1. (slang) A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan, from Latin tortus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Torte.

Noun[edit]

tort (genitive tordi, partitive torti)

  1. large cake; cream cake, gateau
    Synonyms: kook, keeks

Declension[edit]

Declension of tort (type riik)
singular plural
nominative tort tordid
genitive tordi tortide
partitive torti torte / tortisid
illative torti / tordisse tortidesse
inessive tordis tortides
elative tordist tortidest
allative tordile tortidele
adessive tordil tortidel
ablative tordilt tortidelt
translative tordiks tortideks
terminative tordini tortideni
essive tordina tortidena
abessive tordita tortideta
comitative tordiga tortidega

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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 Manche‎fr.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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
      ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tor +‎ -t

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ ˈtort]
  • Hyphenation: tort

Noun[edit]

tort

  1. accusative singular of tor

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French tort, from Latin tortum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tort

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

Usage notes[edit]

Only used in the legal phrase tort og svie.

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. wrong; misdeed (something considered wrong)
    • 12th 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

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Descendants[edit]

  • French: tort
  • → Middle English: tort

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
tort urodzinowy

Etymology[edit]

From German Torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from the expression torta panis (“twisted bread”), from the feminine of Latin tortus.

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Noun[edit]

tort m inan (diminutive torcik)

  1. torte (type of cake)
  2. birthday cake

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • tort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin tortus.

Noun[edit]

tort n (plural torturi)

  1. thread (spun and made of hemp)
  2. quantity of spun threads
Declension[edit]
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
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Torte.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tort n (plural torturi)

  1. cake
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

tort

  1. tart
  2. cake

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

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