tort

ca-adj

tort (feminine torta, masculine plural torts, feminine plural tortes)

torta (feminine)
torts (masculine plural)
tortes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Catalan tort, from Latin tortus (“twisted”).


tort

[…] Wrong or Iniury, is in French aptly called Tort, becauſe Iniury & wrong is wreſted or crooked, being contrary to that which is right and ſtreight. […] And Britton ſaith that Tort a la ley eſt contrarye [a wrong to the law is contrary], and as aptly for the cauſe aforeſaid is iniury in English called wrong.

[1628, Edw[ard] Coke, “Of Rents”, in The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for the Societe of Stationers, →OCLC, book 2, chapter 12, section 234, folio 158, verso:

Personal actions are ſuch vvhereby a man claims a debt, or perſonal duty, or damages in lieu thereof; and likevviſe vvhereby a man claims a ſatisfaction in damages for ſome injury done to his perſon or property. The former are ſaid to be founded on contracts, the latter upon torts or vvrongs: […] of the latter all actions for treſpaſſes, nuſances, aſſaults, defamatory vvords, and the like.

1768, William Blackstone, “Of Wrongs, and Their Remedies, Respecting the Rights of Persons”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book III (Of Private Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 117:

A tort is a legal wrong committed upon the person or property independent of contract. It may be either (1) a direct invasion of some legal right of the individual; (2) the infraction of some public duty by which special damage accrues to the individual; (3) the violation of some private obligation by which like damage accrues to the individual.

1891, Henry Campbell Black, “TORT”, in A Dictionary of Law […], St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 1178, column 1:

(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.

Then gan triumphant Trompets ſovvnd on hye, / That ſent to heuen the ecchoed report / Of their nevv ioy, and happie victory / Gainſt him, that had them long oppreſt with tort, / And faſt impriſoned in ſieged fort.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 172:

For no vvild beaſts ſhould do them any torte / There or abroad, ne vvould his maieſtye / Vſe them but vvell, vvith gracious clemencye, / As vvhome he knevv to him both faſt and true; […]

1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC, signature P3, verso:

الضرر في القانون

wrongful act, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury

From Middle English tort (“(uncountable) wrong; (countable) an injury, a wrong”), from Old French tort (“misdeed, wrong”) (modern French tort (“an error, wrong; a fault”)), from Medieval Latin tortum (“injustice, wrong”), a noun use of a neuter singular participle form of Latin tortus (“crooked; twisted”), the perfect passive participle of torqueō (“to bend or twist awry, distort”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”).
Cognates
* Galician torto (“(adjective) bent; crooked; twisted; (noun, archaic) harm, offence; injustice, wrong, tort”)
* Italian torto (“(adjective) bent; crooked; twisted; (noun, archaic) injustice, wrong”)
* Norwegian Bokmål tort (dated, now only in fixed expressions)
* Norwegian Nynorsk tort (dated, now only in fixed expressions)
* Occitan tort
* Old French tort (modern French tort)
* Portuguese torto (“(adjective) bent; crooked; twisted; (noun, archaic) harm, offence; injustice, wrong”)
* Spanish tuerto (“injury, offence”)


tort

And the firſt that came and gaue them moſt comfort was Henry Erle of Lãcaſter with yͤ wrie neck, called Tort coll [torticollis], who was brother to Thomas Erle of Lãcaſter yͭ was behedded, as ye haue heard before, who was a right vertuous & good knight as after ye ſhal here.

1569, Richard Grafton, “Edwarde the Seconde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 210:

From Middle English tort, torte (“contorted, crooked; twisted”), from Old French tort, torte (“crooked; twisted”), or from its etymon Latin tortus (“crooked; twisted”): see further at etymology 1.


tort

(British, dialectal) Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”)

en-adj

tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

more tort (comparative)
most tort (superlative)


tort

Yet holds he them with tortest rein, / That they may seize and entertain / The glance that to their glance opposes, / Like fiery honey sucked from roses.

1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Initial, Dæmonic, and Celestial Love”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, part I (The Initial Love), page 158:

Synonym of taut (“stretched tight; under tension”)

tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)

torter (comparative)
tortest (superlative)


tort

(slang) Clipping of tortoiseshell (“a domestic cat, guinea pig, rabbit, or other animal whose fur has black, brown, and yellow markings”); a tortie.


tort

tordi (genitive)
torti (partitive)
tort (nominative singular)
tordid (nominative plural)
tort (accusative nominative singular)
tordid (accusative nominative plural)
tordi (accusative genitive singular)
tordid (accusative genitive plural)
tordi (genitive singular)
tortide (genitive plural)
torti (partitive singular)
torte (partitive plural)
tortisid (partitive plural)
torti (illative singular)
tordisse (illative singular)
tortidesse (illative plural)
tordesse (illative plural)
tordis (inessive singular)
tortides (inessive plural)
tordes (inessive plural)
tordist (elative singular)
tortidest (elative plural)
tordest (elative plural)
tordile (allative singular)
tortidele (allative plural)
tordele (allative plural)
tordil (adessive singular)
tortidel (adessive plural)
tordel (adessive plural)
tordilt (ablative singular)
tortidelt (ablative plural)
tordelt (ablative plural)
tordiks (singular translative)
tortideks (plural translative)
tordeks (plural translative)
tordini (singular terminative)
tortideni (plural terminative)
tordina (essive singular)
tortidena (essive plural)
tordita (abessive singular)
tortideta (abessive plural)
tordiga (comitative singular)
tortidega (comitative plural)


tort

Elle a le tort d’avoir trop de précipitation.

Le mari n’a aucun tort.

Je regrette, vous avez tort. I'm afraid you are mistaken.

Nous avons fait notre choix, à tort ou à raison. We have made our choice, rightly or wrongly.

[J]e suis le valeureux don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.

1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^(fr.Wikisource), translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV:

... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

Inherited from Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).


tort

English: tort

Scots: tort

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum.


tort

(law) offense against someone, an insult or inconvenience caused to someone

Borrowed from French tort, from Latin tortum.


tort

Sovent regrete le roi Marc
Son oncle, qui a fait tel tort

King Mark often regretted
That his uncle had done such a bad thing

wrong; misdeed (something considered wrong)

fro-noun

tort oblique singular, m (oblique plural torz or tortz, nominative singular torz or tortz, nominative plural tort)

tort oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
torz (oblique plural)
tortz (oblique plural)
torz (nominative singular)
tortz (nominative singular)
tort (nominative plural)

French: tort

→ Middle English: tort

English: tort

Scots: tort

From Latin tortum, substantive use of tortus, the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”).


tort

head

tort m (oblique plural tortz, nominative singular tortz, nominative plural tort)

tortz (oblique plural)
tortz (nominative singular)
tort (nominative plural)


tort

pl-noun

tort m inan (diminutive torcik, related adjective tortowy)

torcik (diminutive)
tortowy (adjective)
tort (nominative singular)
torty (nominative plural)
tortu (genitive singular)
tortów (genitive plural)
tortowi (dative singular)
tortom (dative plural)
tort (accusative singular)
torty (accusative plural)
tortem (instrumental singular)
tortami (instrumental plural)
torcie (locative singular)
tortach (locative plural)
torcie (singular vocative)
torty (plural vocative)


tort

torturi (plural)
tort (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tortul (accusative definite nominative singular)
torturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
torturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
tort (indefinite singular)
tortului (definite singular)
torturi (indefinite plural)
torturilor (definite plural)
tortule (singular vocative)
torturilor (plural vocative)


tort

torturi (plural)
tort (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tortul (accusative definite nominative singular)
torturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
torturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
tort (indefinite singular)
tortului (definite singular)
torturi (indefinite plural)
torturilor (definite plural)
tortule (singular vocative)
torturilor (plural vocative)
tortă (alternative)


tort

tort (nominative singular)
tortad (nominative plural)
tortan (accusative singular)
tortad (accusative plural)
tortan (genitive singular)
tortiden (genitive plural)
tortad (partitive singular)
tortid (partitive plural)
tortan (essive-instructive singular)
tortin (essive-instructive plural)
tortaks (singular translative)
tortikš (plural translative)
tortas (inessive singular)
tortiš (inessive plural)
tortaspäi (elative singular)
tortišpäi (elative plural)
tortaha (illative singular)
tortha (illative singular)
tortihe (illative plural)
tortal (adessive singular)
tortil (adessive plural)
tortalpäi (ablative singular)
tortilpäi (ablative plural)
tortale (allative singular)
tortile (allative plural)
tortata (abessive singular)
tortita (abessive plural)
tortanke (comitative singular)
tortidenke (comitative plural)
tortadme (prolative singular)
tortidme (plural prolative)
tortanno (approximative approximative-i singular)
tortidenno (approximative approximative-i plural)
tortannoks (approximative approximative-ii singular)
tortidennoks (approximative approximative-ii plural)
tortannopäi (egressive singular)
tortidennopäi (egressive plural)
tortahasai (singular terminative terminative-i)
torthasai (singular terminative terminative-i)
tortihesai (plural terminative terminative-i)
tortalesai (singular terminative terminative-ii)
tortilesai (plural terminative terminative-ii)
tortassai (singular terminative terminative-iii)
tortahapäi (additive additive-i singular)
torthapäi (additive additive-i singular)
tortihepäi (additive additive-i plural)
tortalepäi (additive additive-ii singular)
tortilepäi (additive additive-ii plural)