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tort
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??t/
- (General American) enPR: tô(?)t, IPA(key): /t?(?)?t/, /t??(?)t/
- Homophones: taught, taut (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -??(?)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 the mid-13th c.]
- (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 the later 16th c.]
- (law, only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).
Synonyms
- (law: wrongful act): delict (Scottish law)
Derived terms
- cotortfeasor
- tortfeasance
- tortfeasor
- tortious
- tortiously
Related terms
Translations
See also
- de son tort
- tort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Dialectal variation of tart.
Adjective
tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)
- Tart; sharp.
Etymology 3
Adjective
tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)
- (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
- 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Initial, Daemonic And Celestial Love
- Yet holds he them with tortest rein.
- 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Initial, Daemonic And Celestial Love
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 Occitan, from Latin tortus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?t??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?t?rt/
- Rhymes: -??t
Adjective
tort (feminine torta, masculine plural torts, feminine plural tortes)
- bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky
Derived terms
- a tort i a dret
Related terms
- tòrcer
- tortura
Further reading
- “tort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Torte.
Noun
tort (genitive tordi, partitive torti)
- large cake; cream cake, gateau
- Synonyms: kook, keeks
Declension
French
Etymology
From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torque? (“twist, turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
tort m (plural torts)
- fault
- 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.
- ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.
Derived terms
Related terms
- tordre
- torture
- tourte
Further reading
- “tort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- trot
Hungarian
Etymology
tor +? -t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?tort]
- Hyphenation: tort
Noun
tort
- accusative singular of tor
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French tort, from Latin tortum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?rt/
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): /tu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
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 and tore
Old French
Etymology
From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torque? (“twist, turn”).
Noun
tort m (oblique plural torz or tortz, nominative singular torz or tortz, nominative plural tort)
- wrong; misdeed (something considered wrong)
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 torque? (“twist, turn”).
Noun
tort m (oblique plural tortz, nominative singular tortz, nominative plural tort)
- wrong (immoral act)
- error; mistake
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “torqu?re”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1010
Polish
Etymology
From German Torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from the expression torta panis (“twisted bread”), from the feminine of Latin tortus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?rt/
Noun
tort m inan (diminutive torcik)
- torte (type of cake)
- birthday cake
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) tortownica
- (adjective) tortowy
Further reading
- tort in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka 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
Related terms
- toarce
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Torte.
Alternative forms
- tort?
Noun
tort n (plural torturi)
- cake
Declension
See also
- turt?, pr?jitur?
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tort
- tart
- cake
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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agreement
English
Etymology
From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement.
Morphologically agree +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????i?m?nt/
Noun
agreement (countable and uncountable, plural agreements)
- (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
- (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
- (uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
- (uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
- Having clarified what we mean by ‘Person? and ‘Number?, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agree? with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number features of I must match those of the Subject.
- (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
- 1650, John Donne, "Elegie XVII":
- Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].
- 1650, John Donne, "Elegie XVII":
Synonyms
- (An understanding to follow a course of conduct): concord, convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty; See also Thesaurus:pact
- (A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion): congeniality, concurrence, harmony, accord; See also Thesaurus:agreement
- (A legally binding contract): settlement
- (linguistics, grammar): concord, concordance
- (An agreeable quality): amenity, pleasantness, niceness
Coordinate terms
- (linguistics, grammar): rection
Hyponyms
- (An understanding to follow a course of conduct): conspiracy
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- consent, approval
See also
- consensus
- agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English agreement.
Noun
agreement m (invariable)
- agreement (pact, accord)
Anagrams
- magnerete
- mangerete
Middle English
Noun
agreement
- Alternative form of agrement
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- what was the great compromise agreement about
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