英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɔːtə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtɔɹtə/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)tə

語源 1

Borrowed from Spanish torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.

名詞

torta (plural tortas)

1. (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.
2. A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
3. (slang) An overweight or obese Hispanic woman, especially one deemed attractive.

派生語

語源 2

Borrowed from Tagalog torta, from Spanish torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.

名詞

torta (plural tortas)

1. A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.

語源 3

Borrowed from Italian torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.

名詞

torta (countable and uncountable, plural tortas)

1. An Italian cake.
   • 1991, Patricia Unterman, editor, Best Restaurants of San Francisco: The San Francisco Chronicle Guide to Fine Dining, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 275:

     They include fresh noodles, roasted chickens, savory Italian tortas, caponata and other antipasti like roasted onions in balsamic vinegar, crusty walnut breads, biscotti, and fabulous Italian desserts.

   • 1996 May 6, Gael Greene, “Where the Boys Are”, in New York, page 92, column 1:

     Perhaps there could be a smarter balsamic kick in the latte cotto custard, more oomph in the chocolate torta.

   • 1998, Donna Peck, Romantic Days and Nights in San Francisco: Intimate Escapes in the City by the Bay, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 153:

     Internationally popular from his cookbooks and television show, Middione fills the deli case with southern Italian tortas, roasted chicken, polenta, and white bean salad.

   • 2003, Elgy Gillespie, “Trattoria Contadina”, in The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants, 2004 edition, Rough Guides Ltd, →ISBN, page 98:

     To follow, there’s good, strong coffee and desserts such as chocolate torta with fresh whipped cream ($4.50), which comes from the divine Victoria Bakery a few steps away over the road (try their “Ugly But Beautiful” nut meringues), and gelato zabaglione ($3.50), an absolutely ambrosial yellow fluff.

   • 2003 winter, Linda Marx, “Boardwalk baby”, in Palm Beach Life, page 34:

     The cuisine is rustic, with a decent choice of fish and meat, and great desserts like hazelnut chocolate torta with meringue doused in espresso and layered chantilly cream with bitter cocoa, or “bugies,” little fried pockets of dough filled with candied lemon zest and grappa di Moscato, then dusted with sugar.

   • 2007, Marusya Bociurkiw, Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl, Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN:

     I cooked for her as I had never cooked before: Spanish appetizers, Thai curries, and Italian tortas landed before her in dizzying, delectable profusion.

   • 2012, Steven Parlato, The Namesake, Merit Press, Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN:

     Leaving the world behind, I’d wallow in frosty solitude and chocolate torta.

     Italian is sometimes mentioned in the book.

   • 2015, Leslie Parry, Church of Marvels, Two Roads, →ISBN:

     He’d spoken in Italian to the woman at the door—the same words of condolence that the Scarlattas had used when visiting their grieving neighbors. People arrived bearing plates of food and fresh-cut flowers. There was a table crowded with offerings: a whole muskmelon, chocolate torta and jugs of wine, lamb stew with a skin of orange grease.

   • 2017, Katherine A. McIver, Kitchens, Cooking, and Eating in Medieval Italy, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 8:

     The Venetian writer’s torta (see Appendix II) will serve twenty-five people, and he specifies the quantities of ingredients and how to bake the torta (over a low flame).

   • 2018, Italy, 13th edition, Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN:

     It stocks global conceptual fashion from Marni, Martin Margela, Comme des Garçons et al, but come for the more interesting independent Italian labels or just a peek at the whimsical displays and enjoy a slice of torta and espresso in the in-store cafe.

   • 2018, Nepal, 11th edition, Lonely Planet Global Limited, →ISBN:

     Life is indeed sweet at Thamel’s best Italian bistro, offering up such delights as parmesan gnocchi; goat’s cheese and spinach ravioli; and sinfully rich chocolate torta.

   • 2019, Sue Parritt, chapter 14, in Feed Thy Enemy, Next Chapter, published 2021:

     As expected, the coach party arrive too late for afternoon tea, but Rob and Ivy enjoy the evening meal of soup, local fish and vegetables, followed by a slice of chocolate torta, served in a cavernous dining room located in the centre of the hotel’s first floor.

     The character takes a holiday in Italy.

   • 2020, Jane Godman [pseudonym; Amanda Anders], Family in the Crosshairs, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, →ISBN:

     He and Vincente are going head-to-head in a baking challenge. Wyoming meets Italy. Apple pie versus chocolate torta. It should be fun.

   • 2020, Mara G. Fox, The Other Side of Como, Eyewear Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:

     Crimson nails flashing dangerously, she slowly cuts a piece of torta with the small fork, and raises it before her parted lips. ‘It is delicious, what’s in it?’ / Straightening his back and lifting his right hand, as if engaging in a poetic recital, he begins. ‘It has all the ingredients of the mountain: almonds and round hazelnuts from the Langhe in Piedmont, flour and eggs from the land, yeast. […]”

   • 2022, Katie Hafner, The Boys, Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN:

     As dessert was being served—an intensely rich chocolate torta—she asked one of the waiters if she might take the delicacy up to one of the guests who was celebrating his birthday. The waiter returned with a generous slice of the cake, ringed with paste di meliga, cornmeal shortbread cookies that were a specialty of the region.

アナグラム

• ottar, Ratto, rotta, tarot, tator, Tatro, torat, troat

名詞

torta f (genitive tortae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) roll of bread (usually made with unsifted flour)
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Chronicles.16.3:

     tortam panis et partem assae carnis bubulae et frixam oleo similam

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

語形変化

First-declension noun.

Participle

torta

1. inflection of tortus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

tortā

1. ablative feminine singular of tortus

参照

• “torta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "torta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)