tort
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
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- (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
Translations
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See also
- de son tort
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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.
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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
singular | plural | |
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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 Manchefr.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
Further reading
- “tort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
- King Mark often regretted
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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
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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
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tort | torty |
genitive | tortu | tortów |
dative | tortowi | tortom |
accusative | tort | torty |
instrumental | tortem | tortami |
locative | torcie | tortach |
vocative | torcie | torty |
Derived terms
- tortowy
- tortownica
Further reading
- tort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin tortus.
Noun
tort n (plural torturi)
- thread (spun and made of hemp)
- quantity of spun threads
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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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
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
See also
- turtă, prăjitură
Veps
Etymology
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Noun
tort
- tart
- cake
Inflection
Inflection of tort (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
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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