tort
French, noun/tɔʁ/
tort is spelled T-O-R-T (4 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tort is a French masculine noun meaning “fault” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propriété de celui ou celle qui se trompe, qui n’a pas le droit, la raison de son côté”.
What does tort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefault
Elle a le tort d'avoir trop de précipitation.
- 2
masculinewrong, error
Je regrette, vous avez tort.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propriété de celui ou celle qui se trompe, qui n’a pas le droit, la raison de son côté. 2. Le fait d’avoir quelque chose à se reprocher envers quelqu’un. 3. Lésion, dommage qu’on souffre ou qu’on fait souffrir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tort
- torts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tort?
- /tɔʁ/
- \tɔʁ\
- [tɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tort in French?
tort appears 35 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).