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tropical
English
Alternative forms
- trop. (abbreviation)
Etymology
tropic +? -al
Pronunciation
- (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t??p.?.k?l/
- Rhymes: -?p?k?l
- ("characterized by tropes"):
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t???.p?.k?l/, IPA(key): /?t???p?k?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t?o?.p?.k?l/
- Rhymes: -??p?k?l
Adjective
tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)
- Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
- From or similar to a hot humid climate
- (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
- the first tropical expression
- The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Translations
Noun
tropical (plural tropicals)
- A tropical plant.
Translations
References
Further reading
- tropical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tropical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tropical at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- pictoral, proictal
Catalan
Etymology
From tròpic +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /t?o.pi?kal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /t?u.pi?kal/
Adjective
tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)
- tropical
Further reading
- “tropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.pi.kal/
Adjective
tropical (feminine singular tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)
- tropical (pertaining to the tropics)
Further reading
- “tropical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropical m or f (plural tropicais)
- tropical
Further reading
- “tropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trupi?kal/
Adjective
tropical
- tropical
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t?opi?kaw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /t?upi?ka?/
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: tro?pi?cal
Adjective
tropical m or f (plural tropicais, comparable)
- tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics)
- tropical (from or similar to a hod humid climate)
Further reading
- “tropical” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian
Etymology
From French tropical
Adjective
tropical m or n (feminine singular tropical?, masculine plural tropicali, feminine and neuter plural tropicale)
- tropical
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From trópico +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?opi?kal/, [t??o.pi?kal]
- Hyphenation: tro?pi?cal
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
tropical (plural tropicales)
- tropical
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tropical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
tropical From the web:
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- what tropical fish can live together
- what tropical fruits are common in caribbean cooking
- what tropical fish eat snails
- what tropical fruits are in season now
- what tropical means
- what tropical storms are out there
- what tropical fruits grow in florida
tart
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /t??t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teran? (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), German zart (“delicate, tender”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).
Adjective
tart (comparative tarter, superlative tartest)
- Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
- I ate a very tart apple.
- (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
- (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
- He gave me a very tart reply.
Synonyms
- (of wine: high in acidity): green
Derived terms
- tarten
- tartness
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English tart, tarte, from Old French tarte, tartre (“flat pastry”) (compare Medieval Latin tarta), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old French torte, tourte, from Vulgar Latin *torta, from torta (“twisted”) panis (“bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to torta.
Noun
tart (plural tarts)
- A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
Derived terms
- Bakewell tart
- egg tart
- pineapple tart
- treacle tart
Related terms
- tort
- torta
- torte
- torture
Translations
Etymology 3
From sweetheart or jam tart (“attractive woman”) by shortening
Noun
tart (plural tarts)
- (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
- 1950, Roy E. Blick (police inspector), testimony before the United States Congress:
- We know the majority of the places that these tarts will hang out at.
- 1950, Roy E. Blick (police inspector), testimony before the United States Congress:
Synonyms
- (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
- (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Derived terms
- tartlet
Translations
Verb
tart (third-person singular simple present tarts, present participle tarting, simple past and past participle tarted)
- To practice prostitution
- To practice promiscuous sex
- To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily
Derived terms
- pop tart (slang)
- tart up
Anagrams
- Trat, attr
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rt
Verb
tart
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tarten
- imperative of tarten
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?rt]
- Rhymes: -?rt
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
tart
- (transitive) to keep (many different senses overlapping with English, see examples)
- Synonyms: ?riz, meg?riz
- (transitive) to hold
- Synonym: fog
- (transitive) to support (keep in the same place, withstanding its weight)
- Synonyms: támaszt, megtámaszt
- Antonym: elenged (to let go)
- (intransitive) to take up space or time, extend, to last (-tól/-t?l … -ig)
- Antonyms: végz?dik, véget ér (to end)
- (intransitive) momentarily describing whether a process is still in progress, and if yes how far it has gone
- (intransitive) to esteem, deem, regard, think highly or poorly of (with -ra/-re)
- (intransitive) to head into a direction
- Synonym: megy
- (intransitive) to fear (of someone or something -tól/-t?l)
- Synonym: fél
- (intransitive, used with attól) to be afraid, to be regretful, to be sorry
- Synonym: sajnál
- (mathematics) to converge, have limit at (-hoz/-hez/-höz or -ba/-be)
Conjugation
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2
tar (“bald”) +? -t (accusative suffix)
Adjective
tart
- accusative singular of tar
Further reading
- tart in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tart, from Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??a??t??/
Noun
tart m (genitive singular tarta)
- thirst
Declension
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “tart” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "tart" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English teart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz.
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) teart
- tarte, terte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tart/
- (dialectal) IPA(key): /t??rt/
Adjective
tart (rare)
- Sour, tart; having much acidity.
- (Early Middle English) Acute, keen; showing sharpness.
Descendants
- English: tart, teart
- Scots: tairt
References
- “tart, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.
Etymology 2
Noun
tart
- Alternative form of tarte
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.
Noun
tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tarter, definite plural tartene)
- (zoology) a small salmon
- Synonym: svele
References
- “tart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ratt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse tartr. Doublet of tert.
Noun
tart m (definite singular tarten, indefinite plural tartar, definite plural tartane)
- (zoology) a small salmon
- Synonyms: silung, svelung, svele
References
- “tart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ratt
Old French
Adjective
tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)
- late (after the end of a given period)
Adverb
tart
- late (after the end of a given period)
Related terms
- tarder
Descendants
- French: tard
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *tartus, from Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from *ters- (“dry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tar?t/
Noun
tart m (genitive tarta)
- thirst
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: tart
Mutation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tar?d/
Verb
·tart
- first-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Noun
tart
- accusative singular indefinite of tartr m
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tart/
Noun
tart
- genitive plural of tarta
tart From the web:
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- what tart cherry juice good for
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- what tart means
- what tartan does the queen wear
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- what tart cherry
- what tartare means
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