Tartan
Meaning of Tartan
- a woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan.
stripes and tartans have replaced floral chintzes
a tartan shortbread tin
- used allusively in reference to Scotland or the Scots.
the financing proposals for the Scottish parliament amounted to a tartan tax
late 15th century (originally Scots): perhaps from Old French tertaine, denoting a kind of cloth; compare with tartarin, a rich fabric formerly imported from the east through Tartary.
noun
a lateen-rigged, single-masted ship used in the Mediterranean.
early 17th century: from French tartane, from Italian tartana, perhaps from Arabic ṭarīda .
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Hyphenation of Tartan
Tar-tan
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Tartan is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Tartan synonyms
Meaning plaid:
Anagrams of Tartan
Rattan, rattan, Tantra, tantra
Words that rhyme with Tartan
Cartan, McCartan, Partan, Spartan, antiquartan, candesartan, elisartan, embusartan, epoxycycloartan, eprosartan, irbesartan, losartan, methoxycycloartan, methylenecycloartan, olmesartan, partan, pratosartan, quartan, spartan, tartan, tasosartan, telmisartan, ultraspartan, valsartan, Albertan, aftertan, hipertan, Cortan, cardifortan, primocortan, Turtan, sturtan