tartare

See also: Tartare

English

Etymology

French tartare.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tartare (not comparable)

  1. Chopped fine and served raw.
    steak tartare; salmon tartare

Translations


French

Etymology

From Middle French tartar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʁ.taʁ/

Adjective

tartare (plural tartares)

  1. Tartar (of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars)

Derived terms

Noun

tartare m or f (plural tartares)

  1. Tartar (A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary)

tartare m (countable and uncountable, plural tartares)

  1. Short for steak tartare.
  2. Synonym of tatar (Tatar language)

References


Italian

Una tartare di tonno rosso – A red tuna tartare

Etymology 1

From French tartare (Tartar), from the belief that the Tartars, having little time for cooking, put the desiccated meat under their horses' saddles while riding, in order to soften it prior to eating it.

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tarˈtar/, [t̪är̺ˈt̪är̺]
  • Hyphenation: tar‧tare

Noun

tartare f (invariable)

  1. A tartare dish.
    Vorrei una tartare di tonno, per favore.I'll have a tuna tartare, please.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtar.ta.re/, [ˈt̪är̺t̪är̺e̞̞]
  • Stress: tàrtare
  • Hyphenation: tar‧ta‧re

Adjective

tartare

  1. Feminine plural of adjective tartaro.

Anagrams

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