"tortie" meaning in All languages combined

See tortie on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: torties [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of tortoiseshell, + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ie}} + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} tortie (plural torties)
  1. (informal) A tortoiseshell cat. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Cats

Noun [Louisiana Creole]

Etymology: From French tortue (“turtle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|lou|fr|tortue||turtle}} French tortue (“turtle”) Head templates: {{head|lou|noun}} tortie
  1. turtle
    Sense id: en-tortie-lou-noun-dN1zC1w2 Categories (other): Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ie"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ie",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of tortoiseshell, + -ie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "torties",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tortie (plural torties)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ie",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cats",
          "orig": "en:Cats",
          "parents": [
            "Felids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tortoiseshell cat."
      ],
      "id": "en-tortie-en-noun-ifvSJA4D",
      "links": [
        [
          "tortoiseshell",
          "tortoiseshell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A tortoiseshell cat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tortie"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lou",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "tortue",
        "4": "",
        "5": "turtle"
      },
      "expansion": "French tortue (“turtle”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French tortue (“turtle”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lou",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "tortie",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
  "lang_code": "lou",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turtle"
      ],
      "id": "en-tortie-lou-noun-dN1zC1w2",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtle",
          "turtle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tortie"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ie"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ie",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of tortoiseshell, + -ie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "torties",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tortie (plural torties)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ie",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Cats"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tortoiseshell cat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tortoiseshell",
          "tortoiseshell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A tortoiseshell cat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tortie"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lou",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "tortue",
        "4": "",
        "5": "turtle"
      },
      "expansion": "French tortue (“turtle”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French tortue (“turtle”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lou",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "tortie",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
  "lang_code": "lou",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Louisiana Creole lemmas",
        "Louisiana Creole nouns",
        "Louisiana Creole terms derived from French",
        "Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turtle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turtle",
          "turtle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tortie"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tortie meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.