tarte Tatin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tarte Tatin; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɑːt taˈtã/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtɑɹt tæˈtæ̃/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Noun

tarte Tatin (plural tartes Tatin)

1. A type of upside-down cake in which the fruit, usually apples, is caramelized in butter and sugar.

   Hypernym: apple pie

Translations

upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 反轉蘋果撻 / 反转苹果挞 (faan² zyun² ping⁴ gwo² taat³)

• Dutch: tarte tatin f
• French: tarte Tatin (fr) f
• German: Tarte Tatin f
• Hebrew: טָארְט טָאטֶן m (tart Tatén)
• Italian: torta Tatin f, tarte Tatin f
• Japanese: タルト・タタン (taruto Tatan)
• Korean: 타르트 타탱 (tareuteu Tataeng)
• Polish: tarta Tatin f
• Russian: тарт Тате́н m (tart Tatén)
• Ukrainian: тарт Тате́н m (tart Tatén)
• Vietnamese: bánh táo Tatin

Further reading

• tarte Tatin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

tarte Tatin

Etymology

Coined by food writer Curnonsky as tarte des demoiselles Tatin (“cake of the Tatin girls”), named after the Tatin sisters who supposedly invented the cake by accident.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʁ.t(ə) ta.tɛ̃/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Noun

tarte Tatin f (plural tartes Tatin)

1. tarte Tatin (upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples or other fruit)

   Hypernym: tarte aux pommes

Further reading

• tarte Tatin on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr