torte
/tɔːt//tɔɹt/
torte noun: a rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
Noun
torte (countable and uncountable, plural tortes or torten)
- A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
- The football discussion had cut off as soon as Lacey entered the room. Now they just sat silently eating torte and sipping tea.1994, Shanna Swendson, chapter 3, in Runaway Hearts (An Avalon Romance), New York, N.Y.: Avalon Books, →ISBN, page 32
- Call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no for the 40th time. No! I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote.2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)
Examples of torte in a sentence
- Lester worked for the board of education and baked linzer tortes on the side.
- Ah yes, Polish appetites with their kielbasas, bulka rolls, babka (cakes), and tortes.
- Umbria is rich in paste, pizze, savoury torte, minestre and polenta dishes.
Forms of torte
| plural | tortes |
|---|---|
| plural | torten |
Origin of torte
Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.
Words formed from torte
Words that rhyme with torte
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- worrywart
Questions about torte
- What does torte mean?
- Torte means a rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
- What part of speech is torte?
- Torte is a noun.
- How do you pronounce torte?
- Torte is pronounced /tɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of torte?
- The plural of torte is tortes.
Words near torte in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: torte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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