tartar
A red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrateA red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate; wine stone — a source of cream of tartar.
» The tartar has to be removed.
Зубной камень нужно удалить.
Зубний камінь треба видалити.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate; wine stone — a source of cream of tartar.
Weinstein
(countable, uncountable)A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
(dated)A fearsome or angrily violent person.
- an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
- a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
- a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
- a salt used especially in baking powder
Examples
9 sentencesThe tartar has to be removed.
Зубний камінь треба видалити.
ruЗубной камень нужно удалить.
Please remove the tartar from my teeth.
I think I have a lot of tartar.
Tom does not know the difference between steak tartar and a door mat.
Tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque.
ruЗубной камень - это отвердевший зубной налёт.
deZahnstein ist eine Form verhärteten Zahnbelags.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaFrom Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct. Arabic etymon from Persian درد (dord, “dreg”) from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti- (“manure, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰṛ-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (“to have diarrhea”), whence also doublet of dirt.
From figurative use of Tartar.
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Forms
plural: tartarsSynonyms
9 synonyms- an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums:calculustophus
- a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century:TatarMongol Tatar
- a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman:dragon
- a salt used especially in baking powder:cream of tartarpotassium bitartratepotassium hydrogen tartrate
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable