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torte

  [tawrt; Ger. tawr-tuh]
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–noun, plural tortes  [tawrts] , German. tor⋅ten  [tawr-tn] .
a rich cake, esp. one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
Origin:
1955–60; < G < It torta < LL (Vulgate) tōrta (panis) round loaf (of bread), prob. fem. of L tortus twisted (see tort ), with VL lengthening of o (cf. F tourte)
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torte   (tôrt, tôr'tə)   
n.  A rich cake made with many eggs and little flour and usually containing chopped nuts.

[German, perhaps from Italian torta, cake, tart, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.]
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torte 
"sweet cake, tart," 1748, from Ger. Torte; earlier sense of "round cake, round bread" (1555) is from M.Fr. torte; both from L.L. torta "flat cake," also "round loaf of bread" (cf. It. torte, Sp. torta), probably related to tart (n.1); not considered to be from the source of tort.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : torte
Spanish: pastel,
German: der Kuchen,
Japanese: ケーキ
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