See also: Torte, törte, and tortë

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.

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Noun

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torte (plural tortes or torten)

  1. A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin turta.

Noun

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torte f (plural tortes)

  1. pie, tart

Estonian

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Noun

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torte

  1. partitive plural of tort

Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (twisted), but this is phonologically problematic (cf. Friulian tuart < Latin tŏrtus).

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torte f (plural tortis)

  1. cake, pie, tart, etc.
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German

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Verb

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torte

  1. inflection of torten:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtor.te/
  • Rhymes: -orte
  • Hyphenation: tór‧te

Noun

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torte f pl

  1. plural of torta

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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torte

  1. feminine plural of torto

Participle

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torte f pl

  1. feminine plural of torto

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Latin

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Participle

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torte

  1. vocative masculine singular of tortus

References

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  • torte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934) “torte”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.