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Pronunciation / Transliteration: taʁtʁ
"Le vigneron a nettoyé le tartre des fûts de vin."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A crude tartrate of potassium that is deposited as a crust in wine vats during fermentation.
"The winemakers scraped the accumulated argol from the interior of the oak cask." - 2
A raw material used historically in the production of tartaric acid and cream of tartar.
"Pure cream of tartar is refined directly from harvested argol."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, ultimately originating from Medieval Latin 'argol' and Arabic 'urqūl', referring to the tartar deposited in wine casks. The term entered English technical and chemical vocabulary in the late Middle Ages as winemaking and chemical processing expanded across Europe.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Argol" is said worldwide
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tartre
Transliteration: taʁtʁ
"Le vigneron a nettoyé le tartre des fûts de vin."
Weinstein
Transliteration: ˈvaɪ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯n
"Der Weinhändler entfernte den Weinstein aus dem Fass."
tartaro
Transliteration: ˈtartaro
"Il tartaro si deposita sul fondo delle botti di vino."
tártaro
Transliteration: ˈtaɾtaɾo
"El tártaro es un subproducto natural de la fermentación del vino."
tártaro
Transliteration: ˈtaɾtaɾu
"O tártaro acumula-se nas paredes das barricas de vinho."
टारटर
Transliteration: tartar
"अंगूर की शराब के बैरल में टारटर जमा हो जाता है।"
酒石
Transliteration: jiǔshí
"酿酒桶里沉淀了许多酒石。"
주석
Transliteration: juseok
"포도주 통 안쪽에 주석이 침전되었습니다."
酒石
Transliteration: sushiseki
"ワイン樽の内側に酒石が沈殿する。"
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