adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Tartar customs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tartar
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
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General-American: tärʹ-tər
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General-American: /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: tärʹ-tər
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː.tə/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
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homophone: tarter
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CMU ARPABET: T AA1 R T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A town in Azerbaijan located on this river.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate; wine stone — a source of cream of tartar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: wine stone
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A fearsome or angrily violent person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative spelling of Tatar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 8
A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
A person of a keen, irritable temper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, figuratively
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noun
Meaning 10
A rough or violent event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 11
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: calculus, tophus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crust, incrustation, encrustation
noun
Meaning 12
a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tatar, Mongol Tatar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Mongol, Mongolian
noun
Meaning 13
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dragon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman
noun
Meaning 14
a salt used especially in baking powder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salt
History
Etymology
From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t1t1r1), spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
From Armenian Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ).
From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct. Arabic etymon from Persian درد (dord, “dreg”) from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti- (“manure, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhṛ-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *dhreyd- (“to have diarrhea”), whence also doublet of dirt.
From figurative use of Tartar.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ) — river
- Azerbaijani: Tərtərçay — river
- Russian: Терте́р (Tertér) — river
- Armenian: Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ) — town
- Azerbaijani: Tərtər — town
- Russian: Терте́р (Tertér) — town
- Bulgarian: винен камък (vinen kamǎk) — red compound deposited during wine making
- Catalan: tàrtar — red compound deposited during wine making
- Catalan: tartrà — red compound deposited during wine making
- Finnish: viinikivi — red compound deposited during wine making
- French: tartre — red compound deposited during wine making
- Galician: sarro — red compound deposited during wine making
- Galician: sarrio — red compound deposited during wine making
- Galician: madre — red compound deposited during wine making
- German: Weinstein — red compound deposited during wine making
- Italian: gruma — red compound deposited during wine making
- Italian: tartaro — red compound deposited during wine making
- Italian: taso — red compound deposited during wine making
- Latin: faecula — red compound deposited during wine making
- Persian: درد (dord) — red compound deposited during wine making
- Polish: kamień winny — red compound deposited during wine making
- Spanish: tártaro — red compound deposited during wine making