tort

See also: -tort, to'rt, and tört

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːt/
Audio (RP) (file)
(General American) enPR: tô(ɹ)t, IPA^(key): /tɔ(ə)ɹt/, /tɔː(ɹ)t/
Audio (GA) (file)
Homophones: taught, taut (in non-rhotic accents)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English tort, from Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from tortus (“twisted”).

Noun

tort (plural torts)

An injury or wrong. [from mid-13th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 4:
  that had them long opprest with tort
(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. [from late 16th c.]
(law, only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).

Synonyms

(law: wrongful act): delict (Scots law)

Derived terms

cotortfeasor
tortfeasance
tortfeasor
tortious
tortiously

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terkʷ-‎ (0 c, 22 e)

Translations

injury or wrong

Finnish: vahinko (fi)
Galician: torto (gl) m (archaic)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tort (no) m or f (dated, now only in fixed expressions)
Nynorsk: tort f (dated, now only in fixed expressions)

law: wrongful act causing injury

Dutch: onrechtmatige daad (nl) f
Finnish: vahingonteko (fi), vahingoittaminen (fi), delikti
French: délit civil m
Galician: torto (gl) m (archaic)
Georgian: დელიქტი (delikṭi)
German: unerlaubte Handlung f
Greek: αδικοπραξία (el) f (adikopraxía)
Italian: illecito civile m
Japanese: 不法行為 (ja) (fuhō kōi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tort (no) m or f
Nynorsk: tort f
Polish: delikt cywilny m
Portuguese: ato ilícito m
Romansch: act nunlubì m
Spanish: delito civile m
Thai: ละเมิด (th) (lá-mə̂ət)
Welsh: camwedd m

field of law

Finnish: vahingonkorvausoikeus

Etymology 2

Dialectal variation of tart.

Adjective

tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

Tart; sharp.

Adjective

tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)

(obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
- 1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Initial, Dæmonic, and Celestial Love”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, OCLC 625986, part I (The Initial Love), page 158:
  Yet holds he them with tortest rein, / That they may seize and entertain / The glance that to their glance opposes, / Like fiery honey sucked from roses.

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

tort (plural torts)

(slang) A tortoise.

Etymology 5

Shortening.

Noun

tort (plural torts)

(slang) A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).

Anagrams

ROTT, Rott, TRTO, Trot, trot

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan tort, from Latin tortus (“twisted”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾt/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Adjective

tort (feminine torta, masculine plural torts, feminine plural tortes)

bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky
one-eyed
Synonym: borni

Derived terms

a tort i a dret
camatort
colltort

Related terms

tòrcer
tortura

Noun

tort m (plural torts)

harm, injury
Synonym: dany

References

“tort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“tort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte.

Noun

tort (genitive tordi, partitive torti)

large cake; cream cake, gateau
Synonyms: kook, keeks

Declension

Declension of tort (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	tort	tordid
genitive	tordi	tortide
partitive	torti	torte / tortisid
illative	torti / tordisse	tortidesse / tordesse
inessive	tordis	tortides / tordes
elative	tordist	tortidest / tordest
allative	tordile	tortidele / tordele
adessive	tordil	tortidel / tordel
ablative	tordilt	tortidelt / tordelt
translative	tordiks	tortideks / tordeks
terminative	tordini	tortideni
essive	tordina	tortidena
abessive	tordita	tortideta
comitative	tordiga	tortidega

French

Etymology

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔʁ
Homophones: tord, tords, tore, tores, tors, torts (general), taure, taures (one pronunciation)

Noun

tort m (plural torts)

fault
Elle a letort d'avoir trop de précipitation. ― Her trouble is, she's too hasty.
Le mari n'a aucuntort. ― The husband is not to blame.
wrong, error
Je regrette, vous avez tort. I'm afraid you are mistaken.
Nous avons fait notre choix, à tort ou à raison. We have made our choice, rightly or wrongly.
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV:
  [J]e suis le valeureux don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.
  ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

Derived terms

à tort
à tort ou à raison
avoir tort
donner tort
en tort

Related terms

tordre
torture
tourte

Anagrams

trot

Hungarian

Etymology

tor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtort]
Hyphenation: tort

Noun

tort

accusative singular of tor

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔrt/

Noun

tort (plural tortes)

(rare, especially law) tort (wrong)

Descendants

English: tort
Scots: tort

References

“tort, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French tort, from Latin tortum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʈ/
Rhymes: -uʈ

Noun

tort

(law) offense against someone, an insult or inconvenience caused to someone

Usage notes

Only used in the legal phrase tort og svie.

Related terms

tortur

References

“tort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tort

supine of tora

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Noun

tort m (oblique plural torz or tortz, nominative singular torz or tortz, nominative plural tort)

wrong; misdeed (something considered wrong)
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
  Sovent regrete le roi Marc
  Son oncle, qui a fait tel tort
  King Mark often regretted
  That his uncle had done such a bad thing

Derived terms

torcious

Related terms

tordre

Descendants

French: tort
→ Middle English: tort
- English: tort
- Scots: tort

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Noun

tort m (oblique plural tortz, nominative singular tortz, nominative plural tort)

wrong (immoral act)
error; mistake

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “torquēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1010

Polish

tort urodzinowy

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte, from Italian torta, from Latin turta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔrt/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: tort

Noun

tort m inan (diminutive torcik)

torte (type of cake)
birthday cake

Declension

Declension of tort

	singular	plural
nominative	tort	torty
genitive	tortu	tortów
dative	tortowi	tortom
accusative	tort	torty
instrumental	tortem	tortami
locative	torcie	tortach
vocative	torcie	torty

Derived terms

adjective

tortowy

noun

tortownica

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin tortus.

Noun

tort n (plural torturi)

thread (spun and made of hemp)
quantity of spun threads

Declension

Declension of tort

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tort	tortul	(niște) torturi	torturile
genitive/dative	(unui) tort	tortului	(unor) torturi	torturilor
vocative	tortule		torturilor

Related terms

toarce

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Torte.

Alternative forms

tortă

Noun

tort n (plural torturi)

cake

Declension

Declension of tort

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tort	tortul	(niște) torturi	torturile
genitive/dative	(unui) tort	tortului	(unor) torturi	torturilor
vocative	tortule		torturilor

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

tort

tart
cake

Inflection

Inflection of tort (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	tort
genitive sing.	tortan
partitive sing.	tortad
partitive plur.	tortid
	singular	plural
nominative	tort	tortad
accusative	tortan	tortad
genitive	tortan	tortiden
partitive	tortad	tortid
essive-instructive	tortan	tortin
translative	tortaks	tortikš

inessive	tortas	tortiš
elative	tortaspäi	tortišpäi
illative	tortaha tortha	tortihe

adessive	tortal	tortil
ablative	tortalpäi	tortilpäi
allative	tortale	tortile

abessive	tortata	tortita
comitative	tortanke	tortidenke
prolative	tortadme	tortidme

approximative I	tortanno	tortidenno
approximative II	tortannoks	tortidennoks
egressive	tortannopäi	tortidennopäi

terminative I	tortahasai torthasai	tortihesai
terminative II	tortalesai	tortilesai
terminative III	tortassai	—

additive I	tortahapäi torthapäi	tortihepäi
additive II	tortalepäi	tortilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “торт”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

tort

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Catalan

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Estonian

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French

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Hungarian

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Middle English

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Old French

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Old Occitan

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Polish

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Romanian

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