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Webster 1913 Edition

Tartar

Tar′tar

,
Noun.
[F.
tartre
(cf. Pr.
tartari
, Sp., Pg., & It.
tartaro
, LL.
tartarum
, LGr. [GREEK]); perhaps of Arabic origin.]
1.
(Chem.)
A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; – called also
argol
,
wine stone
, etc.
2.
A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
Cream of tartar
.
(Chem.)
See under
Cream
.
–
Tartar emetic
(Med. Chem.)
,
a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.

Tar′tar

,
Noun.
1.
[Per.
Tātār
, of Tartar origin.]
A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; – written also, more correctly but less usually,
Tatar
.
2.
A person of a keen, irritable temper.
To catch a tartar
,
to lay hold of, or encounter, a person who proves too strong for the assailant.
[Colloq.]

Tar′tar

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Tar′tar

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
tartare
.]
See
Tartarus
.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tartar

T`ARTAR

, n.
1.
An acid concrete salt, formed from wines completely fermented, and adhering to the sides of the casks in the form of a hard crust. It is white or red, the white being most esteemed. In its crude state, it is much used as a flux in the assaying of ores.
Tartar is a supertartrate of potash; that is, a compound of tartaric acid and potash, having the acid in excess.
2.
A person of a keen irritable temper.
3.
A native of Tartary; a corruption of Tatar.

T`ARTAR

,
Noun.
[L. Tartarus.] Hell. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Tartar

Tartar

See also: tartar, tàrtar, and tårtar

English

Noun

Tartar ‎(plural Tartars)

  1. Alternative spelling of Tatar
  2. A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
    • Marco Polo, Henry Yule, The Travels of Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13:
      Persia is a great country, which was in old times very illustrious and powerful; but now the Tartars have wasted and destroyed it.
  3. (figuratively, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.

Adjective

Tartar ‎(comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar)

  1. Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.
    Tartar customs

Etymology 2

From Armenian Թարթառ ‎(Tʿartʿaṙ).

Proper noun

Tartar

  1. one of the tributaries of the Kura River, mostly flowing through the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Old French Tartar.

Noun

Tartar m (plural Tartars)

  1. Tartar (member of various Turkic tribes)

Descendants

References

  • Tartar on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

tartar

tartar

See also: Tartar, tàrtar, and tårtar

English

Noun

tartar ‎(countable and uncountable, plural tartars)

  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.
Translations
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From figurative use of Tartar.

Noun

tartar ‎(plural tartars)

  1. (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.

Derived terms

Finnish

Adjective

tartar ‎(not comparable)

  1. tartare (chopped fine and served raw)
    tartar-pihvi
    steak tartare

Declension

Not inflected; used only as modifier.

Derived terms

Noun

tartar

  1. A dish prepared with finely chopped, raw ingredients; in English the names of these dishes are formed with the adjective "tartare".
    Alkupalaksi tarjottiin lohitartaria.
    A salmon tartare was served as appetizer.

Declension

Inflection of tartar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tartar tartarit
genitive tartarin tartarien
partitive tartaria tartareja
illative tartariin tartareihin
singular plural
nominative tartar tartarit
accusative nom. tartar tartarit
gen. tartarin
genitive tartarin tartarien
partitive tartaria tartareja
inessive tartarissa tartareissa
elative tartarista tartareista
illative tartariin tartareihin
adessive tartarilla tartareilla
ablative tartarilta tartareilta
allative tartarille tartareille
essive tartarina tartareina
translative tartariksi tartareiksi
instructive — tartarein
abessive tartaritta tartareitta
comitative — tartareineen

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From French tartare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tarˈtar/, [t̪är̺ˈt̪är̺]

Noun

tartar f

  1. (cooking) A tartare dish.

Middle French

Adjective

tartar m ‎(feminine singular tartare, masculine plural tartars, feminine plural tartares)

  1. Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups)

Descendants

References

  • tartare on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Old Irish

Verb

·tartar

  1. passive singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of do·beir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·tartar ·thartar ·tartar
pronounced with /-d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Noun

tartar m ‎(plural tartares)

  1. tartar

Etymology

From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus ‎(“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic Tatar, spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus ‎(“**** (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος ‎(Tártaros).

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