Translation
tart, flan; gateau, layer cake
Word origin
From Late Latin torta, a round loaf, from Latin tortus ('twisted'), the past participle of torquere. The bread was named for its twisted shape, and the same verb gives torque, contort and torture.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- torta
- English cognates
- torte, torque, contort, torture
Examples
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She baked a big gateau for the party.
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Would you like a piece of the tart?
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The tart is too sweet for me.
is not the general word for cake. It is the filled, layered or fruit-topped thing you would call a tart, a flan or a gateau, the German Torte rather than the English 'cake'. For an ordinary sponge or a birthday cake the word is , and is a biscuit.
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