tart

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɑɹt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɑːt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Scots tairt (“tart; tartness”), Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).

tart (comparative tarter, superlative tartest)

1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

   I ate a very tart apple.

2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
3. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.

   He gave me a very tart reply.

• (of wine: high in acidity): green

• tarten
• tartness

From Middle English tart, tarte, from Old French tarte, tartre (“flat pastry”) (compare Medieval Latin tarta), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old French torte, tourte, from Latin turta, perhaps from tŏrta f (“twisted”), in which case it would be cognate to torta.

tart (plural tarts)

1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
2. A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).

• Bakewell tart
• egg tart
• pineapple tart
• treacle tart

• tort
• torta
• torte
• torture

From sweetheart or jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening.

tart (plural tarts)

1. (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
   • 1950, Roy E. Blick (police inspector), testimony before the United States Congress‎:

     We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.

• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

• tartlet

tart (third-person singular simple present tarts, present participle tarting, simple past and past participle tarted)

1. To practice prostitution.
2. To practice promiscuous sex.
3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

• pop tart (slang)
• tart up

• Trat, attr

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tart

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tarten
2. imperative of tarten

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒrt]

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• Rhymes: -ɒrt

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tart

1. (transitive) to keep (many different senses overlapping with English, see examples)

   Synonyms: őriz, megőriz

   (somewhere): A fontos papírokat a fiókban tartom. ― I keep the important documents in the drawer.

   (somehow): A hűtő hidegen tartja az ételt. ― The refrigerator keeps the food cold.

   (pet): Kutyát tart. ― S/he keeps a dog.

   (idiomatic): Tartja a szavát. ― He keeps his word. (i.e. a promise)

2. (transitive) to hold

   Synonym: fog

   Könyvet tart a kezében. ― He holds a book in his hand.

3. (transitive) to support (keep in the same place, withstanding its weight)

   Synonyms: támaszt, megtámaszt

   Antonym: elenged (to let go)

   A falak tartják a tetőt. ― The walls support the roof.

4. (intransitive) to take up space or time, extend, to last (-tól/-től … -ig)

   Antonyms: végződik, véget ér (to end)

   (in time): Az előadás délig tart. ― The lecture goes on until noon. (The lecture ends at noon)

   (in space): A dugó a Petőfi utcától a Kossuth utcáig tart. ― The traffic jam extends from Petőfi Street up to Kossuth Street.

5. (intransitive) momentarily describing whether a process is still in progress, and if yes how far it has gone

   A könyv elején tartok. ― I am at the beginning of the book.

   Tart még a film a tévében? ― Is the film still playing on TV?

6. (transitive) to find, think, deem, consider, regard something (with -nak/-nek)

   Ezt az ötletet jónak tartom. ― I think this is a good idea. (literally, “I find this idea good.”)

   Synonyms: gondol, vél, lát, ítél

7. (transitive) to esteem, deem, regard, think highly or poorly of (with -ra/-re)

   Sokra tartom ezt az embert. ― I highly think of this person.

   Synonyms: becsül, értékel

8. (intransitive) to head into a direction

   Synonym: megy

   Merre tartasz? ― Where are you headed?

9. (intransitive) to fear (of someone or something -tól/-től)

   Synonym: fél

   Tartok a betörőktől. ― I’m afraid of burglars.

   • 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, OCLC 908924874, page 8:

     A dzsip a lépcsőháztól nem messze parkol, balra, ide tessékelnek be, a feszültség azért már oldódik, a rendőrök is érzik, tudják, nincs mitől tartaniuk, épp eléggé elfoglal engem a magam baja, nemhogy szökésre gondoljak.

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10. (intransitive, used with attól) to be afraid, to be regretful, to be sorry

    Synonym: sajnál

    Attól tartok, nem tudok ebben segíteni önnek/neked. ― I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter.

11. (mathematics) to converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)

    A sorozat 0-hoz tart. ― The sequence converges to 0.

(With verbal prefixes):

tar (“bald”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

tart

1. accusative singular of tar

• tart in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Old Irish tart, from Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑɾˠt̪ˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaɾˠt̪ˠ/

tart m (genitive singular tarta)

1. thirst

   Tá tart orm. ― I am thirsty. (literally, “Thirst is on me.”)

   Chuir an liamhás tart air. ― The ham made him thirsty. (literally, “The ham put thirst on him.”)

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tart”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 722
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

From Old English teart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz.

• (Early ME) teart
• tarte, terte

• IPA^(key): /tart/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /tɛːrt/

tart (rare)

1. Sour, tart; having much acidity.
2. (Early Middle English) Acute, keen; showing sharpness.

• English: tart, teart
• Scots: tairt

• “tart, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.

tart

1. Alternative form of tarte

From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.

tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tarter, definite plural tartene)

1. (zoology) a small salmon

   Synonym: svele

• “tart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• ratt

From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.

tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tartar, definite plural tartane)

1. (zoology) a small salmon

   Synonyms: silung, svelung, svele

• “tart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ratt

tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)

1. late (after the end of a given period)

tart

1. late (after the end of a given period)

• tarder

• French: tard

From Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

• IPA^(key): /tar͈t/

tart m (genitive tarta)

1. thirst

• Irish: tart

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /tar͈d/

·tart

1. first-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

tart

1. accusative singular indefinite of tartr m

• IPA^(key): /tart/
• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: tart

tart

1. genitive plural of tarta