tart

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
2. high or too high in acidity.
3. (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.

Noun

1. 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).
2. A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).

Noun

1. (British, slang) A prostitute.
2. (broadly, derogatory, slang) Any woman with loose sexual morals.

Verb

1. To practice prostitution.
2. To practice promiscuous sex.
3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

Concepts

tarte

🥧

putain

aigre

acide

mordant

acerbe

pute

âpre

astringent

tartelette

catin

revêche

salope

piquant

agaçant

fille

👧

garce

👧

pépée

🐦

acrimonieux

aigrelet

aigri

amer

coupant

galette

gâteau

hargneux

poule

🐔

prostituée

coureuse

grue

Synonymes

sour

acid

pie

🥧

acrid

hooker

whore

slut

bitter

cake

🍰

sourish

harlot

sharp

astringent

strumpet

trollop

prostitute

stringent

biting

acerbic

acidulous

acetous

acidic

pungent

acerb

keen

caustic

trenchant

fancy woman

bawd

tangy

cyprian

tarry

cocotte

acidulent

smart

sore

tartish

rough

ho

harsh

acute

pointed

slattern

floozy

mordant

floozie

bitch

acrimonious

lemonlike

flan

Traductions

ácido

zuur

acido

agrio

agro

sauer

tarta

🥧

acre

taart

🥧

ξινός

azedo

torta

🥧

àcid

ácido

aspro

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɑɹt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tart

Hérité de ancien anglais: teart

Appartenant à écossais: tairt

Appartenant à néerlandais: tarten

Appartenant à allemand: trotzen

Appartenant à albanais: thartë

Appartenant à ancien français: torte

In summary

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”).