tartan
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹtn̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːtn̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən
Etymology 1
editBlend of Middle English tartaryn (“rich material”), from Middle French tartarin (“Tartar cloth”), and Middle French tiretaine (“cloth of mixed fibers”), from Old French tiret (“kind of cloth”), from tire (“oriental cloth of silk”), from Medieval Latin tyrius (“material from Tyre”), from Latin Tyrus (“Tyre”).
Noun
edittartan (countable and uncountable, plural tartans)
- A kind of woven [[woolen] cloth with a distinctive pattern of colored stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans and some Scottish families and institutions having their own distinctive patterns.
- Synonym: Scotch plaid
- The pattern associated with such material.
- An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
- Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
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Adjective
edittartan (comparative more tartan, superlative most tartan)
- Having a pattern like a tartan.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- ... my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii:
- In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …
- (humorous) Scottish.
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Verb
edittartan (third-person singular simple present tartans, present participle tartaning, simple past and past participle tartaned)
- (transitive) To clothe in tartan.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from French tartane, from Italian tartana, of uncertain origin.
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editNoun
edittartan (plural tartans)
- A type of one-masted lateen-sailed vessel used in the Mediterranean.
- 1877, Jules Verne, Ellen E. Frewer (translator), Hector Servadac, Part 2, Chapter X: Market Prices in Gallia,
- Hakkabut hereupon descended into the hold of the tartan, and soon returned, carrying ten packets of tobacco, each weighing one kilogramme, and securely fastened by strips of paper, labelled with the French Government stamp.
- 1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone, Chapter IV: The Peace of Amiens,
- When we were watching Massena, off Genoa, we got a matter of seventy schooners, brigs, and tartans, with wine, food, and powder.
- 1877, Jules Verne, Ellen E. Frewer (translator), Hector Servadac, Part 2, Chapter X: Market Prices in Gallia,
- (historical) A kind of long covered carriage.
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editDanish
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edittartan n or c (singular definite tartanet or tartanen)
- tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern)
- tartan (synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.) [from 1969]
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editNoun
edittartan n or m (plural tartans)
- tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders).
- A kilt or cloak made of tartan.
Usage notes
editNeuter gender is usually preferred for the mass noun denoting the fabric while masculine is preferred for countable nouns, but the distinction is not observed as clearly for this word as it is for other terms that are both mass nouns and countable nouns.
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Noun
edittartan m (plural tartans)
Further reading
edit- “tartan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from English tartan, from Middle English tartaryn, from Middle French tartarin, tiretaine, from Old French tiret, from tire, from Medieval Latin tyrius, from Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (ṣwr).
Noun
edittartan m inan
- tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders)
- tartan (pattern associated with such material)
- clothing made of such fabric
- (athletics) tartan track (all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions)
- (athletics, colloquial) tartan track (stadium or running track covered with such material)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
edittartan f
Further reading
edit- tartan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
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edittartan n (plural tartane)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tartan | tartanul | (niște) tartane | tartanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) tartan | tartanului | (unor) tartane | tartanelor |
vocative | tartanule | tartanelor |
Scottish Gaelic
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edittartan m (genitive singular tartain, plural tartain)
- tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern)
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | tartan | tartain |
Genitive | tartain | thartan |
Dative | tartan | tartain; tartanaibh✝ |
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) tartan | (na) tartain |
Genitive | (an) tartain | (nan) tartan |
Dative | (an) tartan | (na) tartain; tartanaibh✝ |
Vocative | (a) thartain | (a) thartana |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition |
tartan | thartan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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