Tartar — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a salt used especially in baking powder

a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɑːɹɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɑːtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɑːtə/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈɑːɹɾɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Mongol Tatar calculus potassium bitartrate tophus cream of tartar potassium hydrogen tartrate Tatar dragon

Word Forms

tartaric

adjective

relating to or derived from or resembling tartar

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zahnstein

ein Salz, das vor allem in Backpulver verwendet wird

🇫🇷French

tartre

un sel utilisé notamment dans la levure chimique

🇪🇸Spanish

sarro

una sal utilizada especialmente en polvo para hornear

🇮🇹Italian

tartaro

un sale utilizzato soprattutto nel lievito

🇳🇱Dutch

tandsteen

een zout dat vooral in bakpoeder wordt gebruikt

🇵🇹Portuguese

tártaro

um sal usado especialmente em fermento em pó

🇷🇺Russian

тартар

соль, используемая особенно в разрыхлителе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टैटार

एक नमक जो विशेष रूप से बेकिंग पाउडर में प्रयोग किया जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

টারটার

বিশেষ করে বেকিং পাউডারে ব্যবহৃত লবণ

🇮🇳Tamil

டார்ட்டர்

குறிப்பாக பேக்கிங் பவுடரில் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் உப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

టార్టార్

ముఖ్యంగా బేకింగ్ పౌడర్‌లో ఉపయోగించే ఉప్పు

🇮🇳Marathi

टार्टर

विशेषतः बेकिंग पावडरमध्ये वापरलेले मीठ

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટર્ટાર

ખાસ કરીને બેકિંગ પાવડરમાં વપરાતું મીઠું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟಾರ್ಟರ್

ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಬೇಕಿಂಗ್ ಪೌಡರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸುವ ಉಪ್ಪು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ടാർടാർ

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ബേക്കിംഗ് പൗഡറിൽ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഉപ്പ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟਾਰਟਰ

ਇੱਕ ਲੂਣ ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਬੇਕਿੰਗ ਪਾਊਡਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹارٹر

ایک نمک جو خاص طور پر بیکنگ پاؤڈر میں استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

鞑靼

专门用于泡打粉的盐

🇯🇵Japanese

歯石

特にベーキングパウダーに使用される塩

🇰🇷Korean

치석

베이킹 파우더에 특히 사용되는 소금

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cao răng

một loại muối được sử dụng đặc biệt trong bột nở

🇹🇭Thai

ตาด

เกลือที่ใช้โดยเฉพาะกับผงฟู

🇮🇩Indonesian

karang gigi

garam yang digunakan terutama dalam baking powder

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجير

ملح يستخدم خاصة في مسحوق الخبز

🇮🇷Persian

تارتار

نمکی که به ویژه در بکینگ پودر استفاده می شود

🇮🇱Hebrew

אבנית

מלח המשמש במיוחד באבקת אפייה

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