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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tar•tar•ic (tär tar′ik, -tär′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Chemistrypertaining to or derived from tartar.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tartaric /tɑːˈtærɪk/ adj - of, concerned with, containing, or derived from tartar or tartaric acid
tar•tar /ˈtɑrtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Dentistrya hard, whitish substance that forms on the teeth.
- Chemistry, Winecream of tartar.
tar•tar•ic /tɑrˈtærɪk, -ˈtɑr-/USA pronunciation adj. tar•tar /ˈtɑrtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a savage, fierce, or ill-tempered person.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ta•tar (tä′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Language Varietiesa member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Language Varietiesthe language of this people, including the literary language of the Tatar Autonomous Republic, the dialects of the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of the Volga basin (Volga Tatar,) and numerous other dialects, some transitional to other Turkic languages.
- Language VarietiesSee Crimean Tatar.
- Language VarietiesTartar (defs. 1, 2, 4–6).
adj. - Language Varietiesof or pertaining to the Tatars or their language.
- Language VarietiesTartar (def. 7).
Also, Tartar (for defs. 1–3, 5). Ta•tar•i•an (tä târ′ē ən),USA pronunciation Ta•tar•ic (tä tar′ik),USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tar•tar (tär′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Dentistrycalculus (def. 3).
- Chemistry, Winethe deposit from wines, potassium bitartrate.
- Chemistrythe intermediate product of cream of tartar, obtained from the crude form, argol.
- Medieval Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Late Greek tártaron; replacing Middle English tartre
- Medieval Latin tartarum
- Middle English 1350–1400
- Language Varietiesa member of any of the various tribes, chiefly Mongolian and Turkish, who, originally under the leadership of Genghis Khan, overran Asia and much of eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
- Language Varietiesa member of the descendants of this people variously intermingled with other peoples and tribes, now inhabiting parts of the European and W and central Asian Russian Federation.
- Language VarietiesTatar (defs. 1–3).
- (often l.c.) a savage, intractable person.
- (often l.c.) an ill-tempered person.
- catch a Tartar, to deal with someone or something that proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful. Also, catch a tartar.
adj. - Language Varietiesof or pertaining to a Tartar or Tartars;
Tartarian. - Language VarietiesTatar (def. 5). Also, Tatar (for defs. 1, 2, 4–6).
- Medieval Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Persian Tātār, by association with Tartarus; replacing Middle English Tartre
- Medieval Latin Tartarus, perh. variant of *Tātārus
- Middle English 1350–1400
- Language VarietiesTartarus.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Tatar, Tartar /ˈtɑːtə/ n - a member of a Mongoloid people who under Genghis Khan established a vast and powerful state in central Asia from the 13th century until conquered by Russia in 1552
- a descendant of this people, now scattered throughout Russia but living chiefly in the Tatar Republic
- any of the languages spoken by the present-day Tatars, belonging to various branches of the Turkic family of languages, esp Kazan Tatar
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French Tartare, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (associated with Latin Tartarus the underworld), from Persian TātārTatarian /tɑːˈtɛərɪən/, Tarˈtarian, Tataric /tɑːˈtærɪk/, Tarˈtaric adj |