torre
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
References edit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “torre”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
See also edit
Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rei | dama, reina | torre | alfil | caballu | peón |
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan torre~torra, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
- tower
- (chess) rook or castle
- (castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc
- (historical) an agricultural estate on the outskirts of a town farmed by a tenant farmer
- villa
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text) | |||||
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rei | reina, dama | torre | alfil | cavall | peó |
References edit
- “torre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “torre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “torre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “torre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
torre
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese torre, from Latin turris, turrem (“tower”), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
- (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
- (architecture) tower
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
- prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
- they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
- (chess) rook
- Synonym: roque
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rei | dama, raíña | torre, roque | alfil | cabalo | peón |
References edit
- “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “torre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “torre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “torre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
torre
- inflection of torrar:
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterranean substrate loan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torre f (plural torri)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text) | |||||
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re | regina, donna |
torre | alfiere | cavallo | pedone |
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin tollō (“to lift up; to take away”), from Proto-Italic *tolnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from the root *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tòrre (first-person singular present tòlgo, first-person singular past historic tòlsi, past participle tòlto, first-person singular imperfect togliévo, auxiliary avére) (literary, archaic)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tòrre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | toglièndo | |||
present participle | togliènte | past participle | tòlto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | tòlgo | tògli | tòglie | togliàmo | togliéte | tòlgono |
imperfect | togliévo | togliévi | togliéva | toglievàmo | toglievàte | togliévano |
past historic | tòlsi | togliésti | tòlse | togliémmo | togliéste | tòlsero |
future | torrò | torrài | torrà | torrémo | torréte | torrànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | torrèi | torrésti | torrèbbe, torrébbe | torrémmo | torréste | torrèbbero, torrébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | tòlga | tòlga | tòlga | togliàmo | togliàte | tòlgano |
imperfect | togliéssi | togliéssi | togliésse | togliéssimo | togliéste | togliéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
tògli | tòlga | togliàmo | togliéte | tòlgano | ||
negative imperative | non tòrre | non tòlga | non togliàmo | non togliéte | non tòlgano |
Anagrams edit
Kinikinao edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese torre.
Noun edit
torre
- tower (tall structure)
- Pitiwoko, A Cidade in 2008, Ilda de Souza, Koenukunoe emo'u: A língua dos índios Kinikinau, page 187:
- […] , muyopeti mopo'e torre kemomoati wanuke aoeti muyopeti.
- […] , and it wasn’t one of those important churches, stone walls with towers pointing to the sky.
- […] , muyopeti mopo'e torre kemomoati wanuke aoeti muyopeti.
- Pitiwoko, A Cidade in 2008, Ilda de Souza, Koenukunoe emo'u: A língua dos índios Kinikinau, page 187:
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.reː/, [ˈt̪ɔrːeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.re/, [ˈt̪ɔrːe]
Verb edit
torrē
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þorri. Akin to Faroese torri and Icelandic þorri.
Noun edit
torre m (definite singular torren, indefinite plural torrar, definite plural torrane)
- (historical, month) Thorri
References edit
- “torre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan torre, from Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin turris, turrem.
Noun edit
torre f (oblique plural torres, nominative singular torre, nominative plural torres)
Descendants edit
- Occitan: torre
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, and Italian torre and French tour.
Alternative forms edit
- tôrre (obsolete)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tor‧re
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
- tower
- A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade.
- The tower provides a panoramic view of the city.
- (chess) rook
- skyscraper
- Synonyms: arranha-céu, arranha-céus
Descendants edit
- → Kinikinao: torre
See also edit
Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rei | rainha, dama | torre | bispo | cavalo | peão |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tor‧re
Verb edit
torre
- inflection of torrar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish torre, inherited from Latin turrem, turris, borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis, “tower, bastion”).
Noun edit
torre f (plural torres)
- tower
- (chess) rook
- Synonym: roque
- skyscraper (high building)
- Synonym: rascacielos
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
torre
- inflection of torrar:
See also edit
Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rey | dama, reina | torre, roque | alfil | caballo | peón |
Further reading edit
- “torre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
West Flemish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French tur, from Latin turris.
Noun edit
torre m