Meanings
tarte tatin1
nountarte tatin (plural tartes tatin)
plural tartes tatin
- Alternative letter-case form of tarte Tatin.
A tarte tatin, with very hot apples and cooling pastry, felt like a work of assembly rather than the genuine article; better was a mascarpone cheesecake with spiced quince.
2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN
tarte Tatin2
nountarte Tatin (plural tartes Tatin)
plural tartes Tatin · alternative tarte tatin
- A type of upside-down cake in which the fruit, usually apples, is caramelized in butter and sugar.
Origin
- Frenchtarte Tatin
- Englishtarte Tatin
Borrowed from French tarte Tatin; see there for more.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 反轉蘋果撻 /反转苹果挞
- 反轉蘋果撻 /反转苹果挞 (faan² zyun² ping⁴ gwo² taat³)upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Dutch tarte tatin
- tarte tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
French tarte Tatin
- tarte Tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
German Tarte Tatin
- Tarte Tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Hebrew טָארְט טָאטֶן
- טָארְט טָאטֶן (tart Tatén)upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Italian torta Tatin, tarte Tatin
- torta Tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
- tarte Tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Japanese タルト・タタン
- タルト・タタン (taruto Tatan)upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Korean 타르트 타탱
- 타르트 타탱 (tareuteu Tataeng)upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Polish tarta Tatin
- tarta Tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Russian тарт Тате́н
- тарт Тате́н (tart Tatén)upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Ukrainian тарт Тате́н
- тарт Тате́н (tart Tatén)upside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Vietnamese bánh táo Tatin
- bánh táo Tatinupside-down cake prepared with caramelized apples
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tarte tatin
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APA
tarte tatin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarte%20tatin
MLA
“tarte tatin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarte%20tatin. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tarte tatin,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarte%20tatin.
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