# tartar
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: tärʹ-tər, IPA: /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tärʹ-tər, IPA: /ˈtɑː.tə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: tar‧tar
* Homophone: tarter

### Etymology 1

From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct.

#### Noun

tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)
* A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
* A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.

##### Derived terms

* cream of tartar
* cream of tartar bread
* salt of tartar
* tartar emetic
* tartarous

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From figurative use of Tartar.

#### Noun

tartar (plural tartars)
* (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.
** 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Dain Curse‎, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 28:Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.

##### Derived terms

* tartar sauce

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French tartare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑrtɑr/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝rt̪ɑ̝r]
* Rhymes: -ɑrtɑr
* Hyphenation: tar‧tar

### Adjective

tartar (not comparable)
* tartare (chopped fine and served raw)
    tartar-pihvi
       steak tartare

#### Declension

Not inflected; used only as modifier.

#### Derived terms

* tartar-kastike
* tartarkastike
* tartarvoileipä

### Noun

tartar
* A dish prepared with finely chopped, raw ingredients; in English the names of these dishes are formed with the adjective "tartare".
    Alkupalaksi tarjottiin lohitartaria.A salmon tartare was served as appetizer.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tartarini
tartarini
accusative
nom.
tartarini
tartarini
gen.
tartarini
genitive
tartarini
tartarieni
partitive
tartariani
tartarejani
inessive
tartarissani
tartareissani
elative
tartaristani
tartareistani
illative
tartariini
tartareihini
adessive
tartarillani
tartareillani
ablative
tartariltani
tartareiltani
allative
tartarilleni
tartareilleni
essive
tartarinani
tartareinani
translative
tartarikseni
tartareikseni
abessive
tartarittani
tartareittani
instructive
comitative
—tartareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tartarisi
tartarisi
accusative
nom.
tartarisi
tartarisi
gen.
tartarisi
genitive
tartarisi
tartariesi
partitive
tartariasi
tartarejasi
inessive
tartarissasi
tartareissasi
elative
tartaristasi
tartareistasi
illative
tartariisi
tartareihisi
adessive
tartarillasi
tartareillasi
ablative
tartariltasi
tartareiltasi
allative
tartarillesi
tartareillesi
essive
tartarinasi
tartareinasi
translative
tartariksesi
tartareiksesi
abessive
tartarittasi
tartareittasi
instructive
comitative
—tartareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tartarimme
tartarimme
accusative
nom.
tartarimme
tartarimme
gen.
tartarimme
genitive
tartarimme
tartariemme
partitive
tartariamme
tartarejamme
inessive
tartarissamme
tartareissamme
elative
tartaristamme
tartareistamme
illative
tartariimme
tartareihimme
adessive
tartarillamme
tartareillamme
ablative
tartariltamme
tartareiltamme
allative
tartarillemme
tartareillemme
essive
tartarinamme
tartareinamme
translative
tartariksemme
tartareiksemme
abessive
tartarittamme
tartareittamme
instructive
comitative
—tartareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tartarinne
tartarinne
accusative
nom.
tartarinne
tartarinne
gen.
tartarinne
genitive
tartarinne
tartarienne
partitive
tartarianne
tartarejanne
inessive
tartarissanne
tartareissanne
elative
tartaristanne
tartareistanne
illative
tartariinne
tartareihinne
adessive
tartarillanne
tartareillanne
ablative
tartariltanne
tartareiltanne
allative
tartarillenne
tartareillenne
essive
tartarinanne
tartareinanne
translative
tartariksenne
tartareiksenne
abessive
tartarittanne
tartareittanne
instructive
comitative
—tartareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tartarinsa
tartarinsa
accusative
nom.
tartarinsa
tartarinsa
gen.
tartarinsa
genitive
tartarinsa
tartariensa
partitive
tartariaan tartariansa
tartarejaan tartarejansa
inessive
tartarissaan tartarissansa
tartareissaan tartareissansa
elative
tartaristaan tartaristansa
tartareistaan tartareistansa
illative
tartariinsa
tartareihinsa
adessive
tartarillaan tartarillansa
tartareillaan tartareillansa
ablative
tartariltaan tartariltansa
tartareiltaan tartareiltansa
allative
tartarilleen tartarillensa
tartareilleen tartareillensa
essive
tartarinaan tartarinansa
tartareinaan tartareinansa
translative
tartarikseen tartariksensa
tartareikseen tartareiksensa
abessive
tartarittaan tartarittansa
tartareittaan tartareittansa
instructive
comitative
—tartareineen tartareinensa :

### Anagrams

* tarrat

## Italian
### Noun

tartar f (invariable)
* Alternative form of tartare

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French Tartare.

### Adjective

tartar m (feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)
* Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups)

#### Descendants

* French: tartare

### References

* tartare on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

## Old Irish
### Verb

·tartar
* passive singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тарътаръ (tarŭtarŭ), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Doublet of Tartarus.

### Noun

tartar n (plural tartaruri)
* hell

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French (bifteck) tartare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɾˈtaɾ/ [t̪aɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tar‧tar

### Noun

tartar m (plural tartares)
* tartar

### Further reading

* “tartar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10