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torte

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɔːt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: tô(ɹ)t
  • General-American: /tɔɹt/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: tort
  • homophone: taught
  • homophone: taut (non-rhotic)
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: T AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cake

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: dort — a rich, dense cake
  • Finnish: kakku — a rich, dense cake
  • German: Torte — a rich, dense cake
  • Hungarian: torta — a rich, dense cake
  • Japanese: トルテ (torute) — a rich, dense cake
  • Korean: 토르테 (toreute) — a rich, dense cake
  • Latvian: torte — a rich, dense cake
  • Polish: tort — a rich, dense cake
  • Portuguese: torta — a rich, dense cake
  • Russian: торт (tort) — a rich, dense cake
  • Slovak: torta — a rich, dense cake
  • Swedish: kaka — a rich, dense cake
  • Ukrainian: торт (tort) — a rich, dense cake