tort

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːt/

• Audio (RP)

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• (General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA^(key): /tɔ(ə)ɹt/, /tɔː(ɹ)t/

• Audio (GA)

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• Homophones: taught, taut (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

Dialectal variation of tart.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Etymology 5

Shortening.

Anagrams

• ROTT, Rott, TRTO, Trot, trot

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin tortus.

Adjective

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

1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

Further reading

• “tort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

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Noun

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 Manche‎^{fr.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.

Further reading

• “tort” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• trot

Etymology

tor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tort

1. accusative singular of tor

Etymology

Borrowed from French tort, from Latin tortum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʈ/
• Rhymes: -uʈ

Noun

tort

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

References

• “tort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “torquēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1010

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔrt]

• Audio

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Noun

tort m inan (diminutive torcik)

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

Etymology 1

From Latin tortus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Torte.

Noun

tort

1. tart
2. cake

References

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