tartarum - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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tartarum (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) tartar

• 🜿 (alchemy)

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron).

tartarum n (genitive tartarī); second declension

1. tartar (red compound deposited during wine-making)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• → English: tartar
• French: tartre