tart
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: tarter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tartest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tarts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tarts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tarting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tarted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tarted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
pos: adj
examples: I ate a very tart apple.
gloss: High or too high in acidity.
pos: adj
gloss: Sharp; keen; severe.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: He gave me a very tart reply.
[French president Emmanuel] Macron fired back [at US president Donald Trump] on Thursday with his own tart riposte, telling journalists, “This is not a show. We are talking about war and peace. ... When you want to be serious,” he continued, “you don’t say every day the opposite of what you said the day before.”
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
gloss: A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
pos: noun
gloss: To practice prostitution.
pos: verb
gloss: To practice promiscuous sex.
pos: verb
gloss: To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.
pos: verb
Related words: tort
torta
torte
torture
Derived words: overtart
tart cherry
tarten
tartly
tartness
tartish
tarty
Bakewell tart
Banbury tart
butter tart
chess tart
custard tart
egg custard tart
egg tart
gooseberry tart
gypsy tart
kueh tart
kuih tart
Linzer tart
maid-of-honor tart
maid of honor tart
maid of honour tart
Maid of Honour tart
maid-of-honour tart
maids of honour tart
Manchester tart
minitart
neenish tart
pineapple tart
raspberry tart
snake tart
taffety tart
tart ring
tartwoman
treacle tart
tartlike
pop tart
tart up
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: տտիպ
roman: ttip
lang: Azerbaijani
word: turş
lang: Bulgarian
word: тръпчив
roman: trǎpčiv
lang: Czech
word: trpký
lang: Czech
word: kyselý
lang: Danish
word: syrlig
lang: Dutch
word: wrang
lang: Dutch
word: zuur
lang: Estonian
word: kirbe
lang: Estonian
word: hapukas
lang: Finnish
word: kirpeä
lang: Finnish
word: hapan
lang: French
word: amer
lang: French
word: mordant
lang: Galician
word: áspero
lang: Galician
word: acerbo
lang: Gallurese
word: agracciu
lang: Gallurese
word: agritzu
lang: Georgian
word: მწკლარტე
roman: mc̣ḳlarṭe
lang: German
word: sauer
lang: German
word: herb
lang: Hungarian
word: fanyar
lang: Ingrian
word: kirmiä
lang: Italian
word: acido
lang: Italian
word: aspro
lang: Latin
word: acidus
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: кꙑсѣлъ
roman: kysělŭ
lang: Persian
word: ترش
roman: torš
lang: Persian
word: زست
roman: zost
lang: Polish
word: cierpki
lang: Portuguese
word: azedo
lang: Russian
word: те́рпкий
roman: térpkij
lang: Russian
word: е́дкий
roman: jédkij
lang: Russian
word: ки́слый
roman: kíslyj
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: argu
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: aspru
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: bruscu
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: rasposu
lang: Sardinian
word: arraulàdu
lang: Sardinian
word: aspidu
lang: Sardinian
word: argu
lang: Sardinian
word: rasposu
lang: Sardinian
word: aspru
lang: Sardinian
word: bruscu
lang: Sassarese
word: àipru
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: goirt
lang: Spanish
word: acerbo
lang: Swedish
word: sur
lang: Swedish
word: kärv
lang: Turkish
word: kekre
lang: Turkish
word: buruk
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اكشی
roman: ekşi
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: حامض
roman: hamız