English

Adjective

tort ‎(comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

1. Tart, sharp.

Etymology 2

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from tortus ‎(“twisted”).

Noun

tort ‎(plural torts)

1. An injury or wrong. [from the mid-13th c.]
   • Spenser

     that had them long opprest with tort

2. (law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through awarding damages. [from the later 16th c.]
3. (law, only in the plural torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

Synonyms

• (law: wrongful act): delict (Scottish law)

Derived terms

• cotortfeasor
• tortfeasance
• tortfeasor
• tortious
• tortiously

Translations

See also

• de son tort
• tort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Adjective

tort ‎(comparative torter, superlative tortest)

1. (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
   • Emerson

     Yet holds he them with tortest rein.

Anagrams

• trot

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tortus.

Adjective

tort m ‎(feminine torta, masculine plural torts, feminine plural tortes)

1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

French

Etymology

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō ‎(“twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

Noun

tort m ‎(plural torts)

1. fault

   Elle a le tort d'avoir trop de précipitation. Her trouble is, she's too hasty.

   Le mari n'a aucun tort. The husband is not to blame.

2. wrong, error

   Je regrette, vous avez tort. I'm afraid you are mistaken.

   Nous avons fait notre choix, à tort ou à raison. We have made our choice, rightly or wrongly.

   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV:

     [J]e suis le valeureux don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.

     ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

Derived terms

• avoir tort
• à tort ou à raison, "right or wrong".

Anagrams

• trot

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French, from Latin torquere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʈ/
• Rhymes: -uʈ

Noun

tort

1. (law) offense against someone, an insult or inconvenience caused to someone

Usage notes

Only used in the legal phrase tort og svie.

Related terms

• tortur

References

• “tort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō ‎(“twist, turn”).

Noun

tort m ‎(oblique plural torz or tortz, nominative singular torz or tortz, nominative plural tort)

1. wrong; misdeed (something considered wrong)
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Sovent regrete le roi Marc
     Son oncle, qui a fait tel tort

     King Mark often regretted
     That his uncle had done such a bad thing

Descendants

• English: tort
• French: tort

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō ‎(“twist, turn”).

Noun

tort m ‎(oblique plural tortz, nominative singular tortz, nominative plural tort)

1. wrong (immoral act)
2. error; mistake

References

• (fr)(de) torquēre in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Polish

tort urodzinowy

Etymology

Borrowing from German Torte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔrt]

Noun

tort m inan ‎(diminutive torcik)

1. torte (type of cake)
2. birthday cake

Declension

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin tortus.

Noun

tort n ‎(plural torturi)

1. thread (spun and made of hemp)
2. quantity of spun threads

Declension

Related terms

• toarce

Etymology 2

Borrowing from German Torte.

Alternative forms

• tortă

Noun

tort n ‎(plural torturi)

1. cake

Declension

See also

• turtă, prăjitură

Veps

Noun

tort

1. tart
2. cake

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “торт”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika