tortë

See also: torte, Torte, and törte

Albanian

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin turta. Perhaps borrowed via Italian torta. Compare Romanian turtă.

Noun

tortë f

1. cake

Declension

Declension of tortë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tortë	torta	torta	tortat
accusative		tortën
dative	torte	tortës	tortave	tortave
ablative			tortash

Etymology 2

From Latin tortum (“rope (for tortures)”), also in Romanian tort (“yarn, thread”).

Noun

tortë f

1. rope

Further reading

• “tortë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006