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Definition: TORTA |
TORTANoun1. A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process. |
Date "TORTA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Torta \Tor"ta\, noun. [Compare to Spanish expression torta cake.]. (Websters 1913) |
"TORTA" is a common misspelling or typo for: tetra, tort, torte, trot. |
Crosswords: TORTA |
| Non-English Usage: "TORTA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Cebuano (cake), Hungarian (cake, fancy cake, gateau, tart), Italian (cake, pie, tart), Latin (bend, distort, hurl, spin, torment, torture, turn, twist, whirl, wind), Lombard (pie, tart), Macedonian (cake), Portuguese (cake, dumpling, flan, pie, tart), Provencal (pie), Serbo-Croatian (cake, torte), Sicilian (cake), Spanish (cake, gateau, pie, Scone, tart, torte). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Torta in cielo (1970) | |
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| "TORTA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "TORTA" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ta lampadia autwn a estin epi twn akrwn karuwta ex autwn kai ta enqemia ex autwn ina wsin ep' autwn oi lucnoi kai to enqemion to ebdomon ap' akrou tou lampadiou epi thV korufhV anwqen stereon olon crusoun |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cuncta atrii tentoria byssus torta texuerat |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Alle the tentis of the porche bijs folden ayen hadde couerde. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Now all the hanginges of the courte rounde aboute, were of twyned bysse, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | All the hangings were of the best linen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ang tanan nga mga tabil sa sawang, mga lino nga fino nga linubid. |
| Chinese | 院 子 四 面 的 帷 子 、 都 是 " ' 的 細 麻 作 的 。 |
| Croatian | Sve su zavjese oko dvorišta bile od prepredenog lana. |
| Danish | Alle Omhæng rundt om Forgården var af tvundet Byssus, |
| Dutch | Al de behangselen des voorhofs waren rondom van fijn getweernd linnen. |
| Finnish | Kaikki esipihan ympärysverhot yltympäri olivat kerratuista valkoisista pellavalangoista, |
| French | Toutes les toiles formant l`enceinte du parvis étaient de fin lin retors. |
| German | Alle Umhänge des Vorhofs waren von gezwirnter weißer Leinwand |
| Haitian Creole | Tout rido yo te fèt ak twal fen blan tise byen sere. |
| Hungarian | A pitvarnak minden szõnyege köröskörül sodrott lenbõl vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semua layar di sekeliling pelataran itu dibuat dari kain linen halus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala pagar layar keliling halaman itu adalah dari pada benang bisus yang dipintal. |
| Italian | Tutti i tendaggi che delimitavano il recinto erano di bisso ritorto. |
| Korean | 뜰 사 면 의 포 장 은 세 마 포 " |
| Maori | He rinena miro pai nga pa katoa o te marae a tawhio noa. |
| Norwegian | Alle forgårdens omheng helt rundt var av fint, tvunnet lingarn. |
| Portuguese | Todas as cortinas do átrio ao redor eram de linho fino torcido. |
| Rumanian | Toate pknzele de jur kmprejurul curyii erau de in subyire rqsucit. |
| Russian | чУЕ ЪБЧЕУЩ ЧП ЧУЕ УФПТПОЩ "ЧПТБ ЙЪ ЛТХЮЕОПЗП ЧЙУУПОБ, |
| Spanish | Todas las mamparas alrededor del atrio eran de lino torcido; |
| Swedish | och fotstyckena till stolparna gjordes av koppar, men stolparnas hakar och kransar gjordes av silver, och deras knoppar överdrogos med silver; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ottar, tarot. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: rato, rota, taro, tart, tora, tort, trot. | |
-2 letters: art, att, oar, oat, ora, ort, rat, rot, tao, tar, tat, tor, tot. | |
-3 letters: ar, at, or, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attorn, cottar, ottars, ratton, rotate, stator, tarots, throat. | |
+2 letters: abettor, arnatto, arnotto, attorns, citator, cottars, garotte, outrate, patriot, rattons, rattoon, ricotta, rotated, rotates, rotator, stators, taboret, taproot, throats, throaty, toaster, tractor, traitor, tritoma. | |
+3 letters: abattoir, abettors, actuator, aerostat, agitator, allotter, amaretto, amoretti, amoretto, antiriot, arnattos, arnottos, atrocity, attestor, attorned, attorney, autocrat, betatron, castrato, citators, citatory, contract, contrast, corotate, cottager, cryostat, dictator, frottage, garotted, garotter, garottes, garrotte, gyrostat, haftarot, haftorot, imitator, littoral, natatory, nitrator, obturate, operetta, outrated, outrates, outsmart, outstare, outstart, outtrade, overtart, patentor, patriots, portrait, potatory, prostate, protatic, protract, pyrostat, rattoons, retroact, rheostat, ricottas, rostrate, rotating, rotation, rotative, rotators, rotatory, saltwort, starwort, stratous, stromata, strontia, taborets, tabouret, taproots, tattooer, tautomer, teratoid, teratoma, testator, tetragon, tetrapod, theocrat, throated, titrator, toasters, toastier, tolerant, tolerate, torquate, tortilla, traction, tractors, traditor, traitors, trapunto, tritomas, turncoat, tutorage, tutorial, ultrahot, vitiator, votarist, watthour. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 52 54 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .-. - .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O R T A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0052 0054 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449525435 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Bible Trace 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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