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, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
2. A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).

• tort
• torta
• torte
• torture

• → Cantonese: 撻 / 挞 (taat¹)

From a rebracketing of sweetheart, or from jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening.

tart (plural tarts)

1. (British, slang) A prostitute.
2. (British, slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
   • 1950, Roy E. Blick (police inspector), testimony before the United States Congress‎^[1]:

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

   • 1991, “Until the End of the World”, in Bono (lyrics), Achtung Baby, performed by U2:

     In the garden I was playing the tart / I kissed your lips and broke your heart

   • 2013 November 13, “Costa Concordia captain's mistress reveals late night sex sessions in cabin before doomed cruise liner sank”, in Daily Mirror‎^[2]:

     She told the Sun: "I'm talked about as an 'easy girl', the 'blonde slut' who distracted the captain and caused the crash. It's so wrong. I'm not some little tart."

• (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, trat, attr

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tart

1. inflection of tarten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒrt]

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• Rhymes: -ɒrt

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tarttɜ- (“to cling to, stick to, get caught”),^[1][2] compare Proto-Finnic *tarttudak (“to stick, adhere; grab, seize”).

tart

1. (heading) To force someone or something to remain in place or in position by counteracting another force.
   1. (transitive) to hold, keep (with locative suffixes or lative suffixes)

      Synonym: fog

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

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

      Synonyms: támaszt, megtámaszt, megtart

      Antonym: elenged (“to let go”)

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

   3. (transitive) to keep, keep up, preserve, retain (to hold something in the same status or condition, not letting it change or cease)

      Synonyms: őriz, megőriz

      A hűtő hidegen tartja az ételt. ― The refrigerator keeps the food cold.

      Tartja az iramot. ― He/she/it keeps up the pace.

   4. (transitive) to keep (not give up or relinquish)

      Synonyms: őriz, megőriz, megtart

      Tudsz titkot tartani? ― Can you keep a secret?

   5. (transitive) to keep back, hold back, hinder, detain, retain (optionally with locative suffixes)

      Synonyms: tartóztat, marasztal, hátráltat, akadályoz, gátol, visszatart, visszafog, visszafojt, elfog, megállít

   6. (transitive) to keep, observe, follow (rule, obligation, custom, tradition, or ritual)

      Synonyms: követ, betart, megtart, igazodik

   7. (transitive) to keep (to remain faithful to a given promise, word, bet or wager)

      Synonyms: betart, megtart

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

   8. (transitive) to keep, maintain, cultivate, foster, harbor, nurse, nurture, cherish (relationship with any acquaintance, familial relations, or bad feelings, grudge towards someone)

      Synonyms: fenntart, ápol, táplál

2. (heading) To provide some person or another being with a place to stay or a way of life, supplying them, or to keep, own something temporarily somewhere.
   1. (transitive) to employ, hire, keep, have (someone for regular service)

      Synonyms: alkalmaz, foglalkoztat

      Bejárónőt tart. ― S/he employs a daily help.

   2. (transitive) to keep, raise, farm (a pet or other animal)

      Synonyms: gondoz, gondoskodik

      Kutyát tart. ― S/he keeps a dog.

   3. (transitive) to keep, store (to hold something in the same place; with locative suffixes)

      Synonyms: tárol (“to store”), őriz (“to guard”), eltesz

      A fontos papírokat a fiókban tartom. ― I keep the important documents in the drawer.

3. (heading) To perform an action that takes some time.
   1. (transitive) to have, hold, give, conduct, perform (a lecture, performance, presentation, meeting, etc.; on something: -ról/-ről)

      Synonyms: rendez, szervez

   2. (transitive) to take (a break)

      szünetet tart ― to take a break

4. (heading) To believe, deem, consider.
   1. (transitive) to find, think, deem, consider, regard something (with -nak/-nek)

      Synonyms: gondol, vél, lát, ítél, tekint

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

      Saját felelősségemnek tartom. ― I consider it (as) my own responsibility

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

      Synonyms: becsül, értékel

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

5. (heading) To go on for a certain time, to extend to a certain limit.
   1. (intransitive, of some program, event etc.) to last, continue, go on, to be in progress (used with -tól/-től … -ig)

      Synonyms: folyik, zajlik

      Antonyms: befejeződik, végződik, véget ér (“to end”), megszakad, félbeszakad (“to be interrupted”)

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

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

   2. (intransitive) to take up space, extend

      Synonyms: ér, terjed

      A dugó a Petőfi utcától a Kossuth utcáig tart. ― The traffic jam extends from Petőfi Street up to Kossuth Street.

7. (heading) To be somewhere in a progress or to go somewhere.
   1. (intransitive) to be at, to have got(ten) to some point (while proceeding, momentarily describing how far a process has gone; used with locative suffixes)

      Synonyms: van, áll, jut(ott)

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

      Hol tartasz a munkával? ― How far have you got with your work?

   2. (intransitive, slightly literary) to head to some direction, to be bound somewhere (with lative suffixes)

      Synonyms: megy, halad, (of a road, path, etc.) vezet

      Merre tartasz? ― Where are you headed?

   3. (intransitive, slightly literary) to join or accompany someone (with -val/-vel)

      Synonyms: megy, jön, csatlakozik

      Velünk tartasz? ― Will you join us?

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

      Synonym: konvergál

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

8. (heading) To be afraid of or sorry about something.
   1. (intransitive) to fear, to be afraid or apprehensive (of someone or something -tól/-től)

      Synonyms: fél, aggódik

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

      • 1990, Róbert Hámori, Egérderby, Budapest: Eötvös Kiadó, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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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   2. (intransitive, construed with attól) to be afraid, to be regretful, to be sorry

      Synonyms: sajnál, restell

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

(With verbal prefixes):

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

tart

1. accusative singular of tar

• tart in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Old Irish tart,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑɾˠt̪ˠ/^[2]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaɾˠt̪ˠ/^[3]

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.”)

• 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

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 25 December 2018.

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
• Scottish Gaelic: tart
• Manx: taart

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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): /ˈtart/
• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: tart

tart

1. genitive plural of tarta