tort

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See also: -tort, to'rt, and tört

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English tort, 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.]
  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 (Scots law)
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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terkʷ-‎ (0 c, 22 e)
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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.
    • 1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Initial, Dæmonic, and Celestial Love”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, OCLC 625986, part I (The Initial Love), page 158:
      Yet holds he them with tortest rein, / That they may seize and entertain / The glance that to their glance opposes, / Like fiery honey sucked from roses.

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 Catalan tort, from Latin tortus (“twisted”).

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Adjective[edit]

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

  1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky
  2. one-eyed
    Synonym: borni

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Noun[edit]

tort m (plural torts)

  1. harm, injury
    Synonym: dany

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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 / tordesse
inessive tordis tortides / tordes
elative tordist tortidest / tordest
allative tordile tortidele / tordele
adessive tordil tortidel / tordel
ablative tordilt tortidelt / tordelt
translative tordiks tortideks / tordeks
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.
      ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

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Further reading[edit]

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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

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tort (plural tortes)

  1. (rare, especially law) tort (wrong)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: tort
  • Scots: tort

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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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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

tort

  1. supine of tora and tore

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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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]

Borrowed from German Torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from the expression torta panis, 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]

adjective
noun

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
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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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