tartar

Tar·tar

 (tär′tər)

n.

See Tatar.

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[Middle English Tartre, from Old French Tartare, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, alteration (influenced by Latin Tartarus, Tartarus) of Persian Tātār; see Tatar.]

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tar·tar

 (tär′tər)

n.

1. Dentistry A hard yellowish deposit on the teeth, consisting of organic secretions and food particles deposited in various salts, such as calcium carbonate. Also called calculus.

2. A reddish acid compound, chiefly potassium bitartrate, found in the juice of grapes and deposited on the sides of casks during winemaking.

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[Middle English tartre, potassium bitartrate, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tartarum, argol, from Medieval Greek tartaron.]

tartar

(ˈtɑːtə)

n

1. (Dentistry) dentistry a hard crusty deposit on the teeth, consisting of food, cellular debris, and mineral salts

2. (Elements & Compounds) Also called: argol a brownish-red substance consisting mainly of potassium hydrogen tartrate, present in grape juice and deposited during the fermentation of wine

[C14: from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Medieval Greek tartaron]

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tartar

(ˈtɑːtə)

n

(sometimes capital) a fearsome or formidable person

[C16: special use of Tartar]

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Tartar

(ˈtɑːtə)

n, adj

(Languages) a variant spelling of Tatar

tar•tar

(ˈtɑr tər)

n.

1. calculus (def. 3).

2. the deposit from wines, cream of tartar.

3. the intermediate product of cream of tartar, obtained from the crude form, argol.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin tartarum < Late Greek tártaron]

tar•tar′ic (-ˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr-) tar′tar•ous, adj.

Tar•tar

(ˈtɑr tər)

n.

1. a member of any of various Mongolian and Turkic peoples who, under Genghis Khan and his successors, ruled parts of central and W Asia and E Europe until the 18th century.

2. Tatar (defs. 1, 2).

3. (often l.c.) a savage, intractable, or ill-tempered person.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin Tartarus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tartar - a salt used especially in baking powder cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
	2.	tartar - a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman dragon disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person
	3.	Tartar - a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century Mongol Tatar, Tatar Mongol, Mongolian - a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
	4.	tartar - an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums calculus, tophus crust, encrustation, incrustation - a hard outer layer that covers something

Translations

Zahnstein

sarro

filet américaintartre

tartaroenergumenopolvere di tartaro

sarro

Tartar

[ˈtɑːtəʳ]

A. ADJ → tártaro

B. N → tártaro/a m/f

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tartar

[ˈtɑːtəʳ]

A. N

1. (on teeth) → sarro m, tártaro m

2. (Chem) → tártaro m

3. (Culin) (also cream of tartar) → crémor m tartárico

4. (= woman) (fig) → fiera f

B. CPD
see tartare

tartar

[ˈtɑː^rtə^r] n

(on teeth) → tartre m

(= tyrant) → tyran mtartare sauce tartar sauce n → sauce f tartare

Tartar

n → Tatar(in) m(f); to catch a Tartar (fig) → sich (dat) → etwas Übles einhandeln

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tartar

¹

n (fig) → Tyrann(in) m(f)

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tartar

²

n (on teeth) → Zahnstein m

tartar

¹ [ˈtɑːtəʳ] n (on teeth) → tartaro
cream of tartar → cremortartaro

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tartar

² [ˈtɑːtəʳ] n (fig) → despota m

tartar

n (dent) cálculo (form), sarro (dental)