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tartare

/tɑːɹˈtɑːɹ/

tartare adjective: chopped fine and served raw. Also the ellipsis of tartare sauce.

Adjective

tartare (not comparable)

  1. Chopped fine and served raw.
    • steak tartare; salmon tartare

Noun

tartare (countable and uncountable, plural tartares)

  1. A foodstuff chopped fine and served raw.
    • We ordered two steak tartares.

Also used as

tartare is also the ellipsis of tartare sauce.

tartare meaning in Persian

tartare in Persian

Translations
تارتار târtâr

Forms of tartare

pluraltartares

Origin of tartare

French tartare (literally “Tartar”).

Words formed from tartare

Phrases with tartare

Questions about tartare

What does tartare mean?
Tartare means chopped fine and served raw.
What is tartare in Persian?
Tartare in Persian is تارتار (târtâr). See Tartare meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is tartare?
Tartare can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce tartare?
Tartare is pronounced /tɑːɹˈtɑːɹ/.

Words near tartare in the dictionary

  1. tartar
  2. tartar emetic
  3. tartar sauce
  4. tartar sauces
  5. tartarated
  6. tartare
  7. tartare sauce
  8. tartare sauces
  9. Tartarean
  10. Tartareans
  11. tartareous

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