tartan

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See also: Tartan, tartán, and tårtan

English[編集]

A montage of Scottish tartans (patterns) of various clans

Pronunciation[編集]

Etymology 1[編集]

Blend 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”).

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Noun[編集]

tartan (countable and uncountable, plural tartans)

  1. A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans and some Scottish families and institutions having their own distinctive patterns.
  2. The pattern associated with such material.
  3. An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
  4. Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
Derived terms[編集]
Descendants[編集]
  • → Catalan: tartà
  • → Scottish Gaelic: tartan
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Adjective[編集]

tartan (comparative more tartan, superlative most tartan)

  1. 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, …
  2. (humorous) Scottish.
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Verb[編集]

tartan (third-person singular simple present tartans, present participle tartaning, simple past and past participle tartaned)

  1. (transitive) To clothe in tartan.

Etymology 2[編集]

Borrowed from French tartane, from Italian tartana, of uncertain origin.

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Noun[編集]

tartan (plural tartans)

  1. 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.
  2. (historical) A kind of long covered carriage.
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Danish[編集]

Etymology[編集]

From English tartan.

Pronunciation[編集]

  • IPA(key): /tartan/, [ˈtˢɑːtˢan]

Noun[編集]

tartan n or c (singular definite tartanet or tartanen)

  1. tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern)
  2. tartan (synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.) [from 1969]

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Dutch[編集]

Etymology[編集]

Borrowed from English tartan.

Pronunciation[編集]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑr.tɑn/, (colloquial) /tɑrˈtɑn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: tar‧tan

Noun[編集]

tartan n or m (plural tartans)

  1. tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders).
  2. A kilt or cloak made of tartan.

Usage notes[編集]

Neuter 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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French[編集]

Pronunciation[編集]

Noun[編集]

tartan m (plural tartans)

  1. tartan

Further reading[編集]

Polish[編集]

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Pronunciation[編集]

Etymology 1[編集]

Borrowed 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[編集]

tartan m inan

  1. tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders)
  2. tartan (pattern associated with such material)
  3. clothing made of such fabric
  4. (athletics) tartan track (all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions)
  5. (athletics, colloquial) tartan track (stadium or running track covered with such material)
Declension[編集]
Declension of tartan
singular plural
nominative tartan tartany
genitive tartanu tartanów
dative tartanowi tartanom
accusative tartan tartany
instrumental tartanem tartanami
locative tartanie tartanach
vocative tartanie tartany
Derived terms[編集]
adjective

Etymology 2[編集]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[編集]

tartan f

  1. genitive plural of tartana

Further reading[編集]

  • tartan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[編集]

Etymology[編集]

Borrowed from French tartan.

Noun[編集]

tartan n (plural tartane)

  1. tartan

Declension[編集]

Declension of tartan
singular plural
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[編集]

Etymology[編集]

From English tartan.

Pronunciation[編集]

Noun[編集]

tartan m (genitive singular tartain, plural tartain)

  1. tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern)

Declension[編集]

Declension of tartan (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative tartan tartain
Genitive tartain thartan
Dative tartan tartain; tartanaibh*
Definite
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, was used until the 19th century

Mutation[編集]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
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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