tort

Pronunciation

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

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• (General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA^(key): /tɔɹt/

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• Homophones: torte; taught, taut (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English tort (“(uncountable) wrong; (countable) an injury, a wrong”),^[1] from Old French tort (“misdeed, wrong”) (modern French tort (“an error, wrong; a fault”)), from Medieval Latin tortum (“injustice, wrong”), a noun use of a neuter singular participle form of Latin tortus (“crooked; twisted”), the perfect passive participle of torqueō (“to bend or twist awry, distort”),^[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tort, torte (“contorted, crooked; twisted”),^[3] from Old French tort, torte (“crooked; twisted”), or from its etymon Latin tortus (“crooked; twisted”):^[4] see further at etymology 1.

Etymology 3

A variant of tart.^[5][6]

Etymology 4

A variant of taut.^[5][7]

Etymology 5

Clipping of tortoise.

Etymology 6

Clipping of tortoiseshell.

References

Further reading

• tort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ROTT, Rott, TRTO, Trot, trot

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɔrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɔɾt]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Adjective

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

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

   Synonym: borni

Noun

tort m (plural torts)

1. harm, injury

   Synonym: dany

References

• “tort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte.

Noun

tort (genitive tordi, partitive torti)

1. large cake; cream cake, gateau

   Synonyms: kook, keeks

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ
• Homophones: tord, tords, tore, tores, tors, torts (general), taure, taures (one pronunciation)

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• trot

Etymology

tor +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tort

1. accusative singular of tor

Etymology

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrt/

Noun

tort (plural tortes)

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

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.

Verb

tort

1. supine of tora

Etymology

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

Noun

tort oblique singular, 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

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

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “torquēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1010

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Syllabification: tort

Noun

tort m inan (diminutive torcik, related adjective tortowy)

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

Further reading

• tort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tort/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tortus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Torte.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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