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-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), German zart (“delicate, tender”), 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

Borrowed from Old French tarte (“flat pastry”) (Modern French tarte), from tourte, from Vulgar Latin *torta, from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). 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.

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

• tort
• torta
• 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

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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• Rhymes: -ɑrt

tart

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒrt]

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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

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

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

   (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 the Petőfi Street up to the 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. (intransitive) to head into a direction

   Synonym: megy

   Merre tartasz? ― Where are you headed?

7. (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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8. (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.

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

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

• (support): elenged (to let go)
• (extend): végződik, véget ér (to end)

• tartalék
• tartalom
• tartály
• tartam
• tartás
• tarthatatlan
• tartó
• tartogat
• tartomány
• tartós

(Compound words):

• karbantart
• nyilvántart

(With verbal prefixes):

• betart
• eltart
• kitart
• megtart

(Expressions):

• becsben tart
• szemmel tart
• titokban tart

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

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaɾˠt̪ˠ/

tart m (genitive singular tarta)

1. thirst

   Tá tart orm. ― I am thirsty.

   (lit. "Thirst is on me.")

   Chuir an liamhás tart air. ― The ham made him thirsty.

   (lit. "The ham put thirst on him.")

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “tart”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “tart” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "tart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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.

From Old French tarte.

tart

1. Alternative form of tarte

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Irish: tart

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /tar͈d/

·tart

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

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “tart”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /tart/

tart

1. genitive plural of tarta