tartar

See also: Tartar, tàrtar, and tårtar

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), probably from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)

  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From figurative use of Tartar.

Noun

tartar (plural tartars)

  1. (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.
    • 1929, Dashiell Hammett, The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 28,
      Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.

Derived terms

Finnish

Adjective

tartar (not comparable)

  1. tartare (chopped fine and served raw)
    tartar-pihvi
    steak tartare

Declension

Not inflected; used only as modifier.

Derived terms

Noun

tartar

  1. A dish prepared with finely chopped, raw ingredients; in English the names of these dishes are formed with the adjective "tartare".
    Alkupalaksi tarjottiin lohitartaria.
    A salmon tartare was served as appetizer.

Declension

Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tartar tartarit
genitive tartarin tartarien
partitive tartaria tartareja
illative tartariin tartareihin
singular plural
nominative tartar tartarit
accusative nom. tartar tartarit
gen. tartarin
genitive tartarin tartarien
partitive tartaria tartareja
inessive tartarissa tartareissa
elative tartarista tartareista
illative tartariin tartareihin
adessive tartarilla tartareilla
ablative tartarilta tartareilta
allative tartarille tartareille
essive tartarina tartareina
translative tartariksi tartareiksi
instructive — tartarein
abessive tartaritta tartareitta
comitative — tartareineen

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From French tartare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tarˈtar/, [t̪är̺ˈt̪är̺]

Noun

tartar f

  1. (cooking) A tartare dish.

Middle French

Adjective

tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)

  1. Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups)

Descendants

References

  • tartare on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Old Irish

Verb

·tartar

  1. passive singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·tartar ·thartar ·tartar
pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Noun

tartar m (plural tartares)

  1. tartar
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