Tor

See also: tor, TOR, tör, tőr, tor-, -tor, and Appendix:Variations of "tor"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɹ

Etymology 1

Acronym of The Onion Routing.

Alternative forms

• tor, TOR, T.O.R.

Proper noun

Tor

1. (computing) Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Toronto.

Alternative forms

• Tor., TOR, TOR.

Proper noun

Tor

1. Abbreviation of Toronto.

See also

• tor
• TOR
• Torr
• torr

 

Anagrams

• ORT, OTR, ROT, RTO, TRO, ort, rot

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Danish

Alternative forms

• (given name) Thor

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr.

Proper noun

Tor

1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
2. a male given name from Old Norse

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto(ː)r/, [ˈt̪o̞(ː)r]
• Rhymes: -or
• Syllabification^(key): tor

Proper noun

Tor

1. (Norse mythology) Alternative form of Thor (“Thor”)

Declension

Inflection of Tor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Tor	—
genitive		Torin	—
partitive		Toria	—
illative		Toriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tor	—
accusative	nom.	Tor	—
	gen.	Torin
genitive		Torin	—
partitive		Toria	—
inessive		Torissa	—
elative		Torista	—
illative		Toriin	—
adessive		Torilla	—
ablative		Torilta	—
allative		Torille	—
essive		Torina	—
translative		Toriksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Toritta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Tor (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Torini	Torimme
2nd person	Torisi	Torinne
3rd person	Torinsa

Related terms

• male given names: Teijo, Torsti, Tuukka, Tuure
• female given names: Tuovi

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German

Alternative forms

• Thor (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
• Homophone: Thor

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from Proto-West Germanic *dor, from Proto-Germanic *durą.

Noun

Tor n (strong, genitive Tores or Tors, plural Tore)

1. gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
2. gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)

   Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.

   This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it.

3. (figuratively) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)
4. (sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
5. (sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)

Declension

Declension of Tor [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tor	die	Tore
genitive	eines	des	Tores, Tors	der	Tore
dative	einem	dem	Tor, Tore1	den	Toren
accusative	ein	das	Tor	die	Tore

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms

• Scheunentor
• Sternentor
• torarm

Etymology 2

From Middle High German tōre (literally “hazy, foggy”), from the root of Dunst (“haze”).

Noun

Tor m (weak, genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin)

2. (dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)

   Synonym: Narr

   • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Prolog im Himmel”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎^[1]:

     Fürwahr! er dient euch auf besondre Weise. / Nicht irdisch ist des Thoren Trank noch Speise.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"

     Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.

     Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" (german translation by Theodor Etzel)

     Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor.«

     Said the Raven: "Never, you fool."

Declension

Declension of Tor [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tor	die	Toren
genitive	eines	des	Toren	der	Toren
dative	einem	dem	Toren	den	Toren
accusative	einen	den	Toren	die	Toren

Related terms

• Torheit f (“folly; foolishness”)
• töricht (“foolish”)

Further reading

• “Tor” in Duden online
• “Tor” in Duden online
• “Tor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Tor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (given name) Thor, Tord

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.

Proper noun

Tor

1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
2. a male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

male given names

• Terje
• Thor
• Thorbjørn
• Thore
• Thorleif
• Torbjørn
• Tord
• Tore
• Torfinn
• Torgeir
• Torleif
• Tormod
• Torstein
• Truls

female given names

• Tone
• Tonje
• Tora
• Torbjørg
• Tordis
• Torhild
• Toril
• Torild
• Torill
• Torunn
• Tove
• Turid
• Tuva

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Thor
• Tord (from Þórðr)

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.

Proper noun

Tor m

1. (Norse mythology) Thor
2. a male given name from Old Norse

Derived terms

• torsbilete
• torshamar

Related terms

• thorium
• tora
• tore
• torsdag

male given names

• Targjei
• Tarjei
• Tergje
• Terje
• Thor
• Thorbjørn
• Thore
• Thorleif
• Thorleiv
• Torbjørn
• Tord
• Tore
• Torfinn
• Torgeir
• Torleif
• Torleiv
• Tormod
• Torstein
• Truls

female given names

• Tone
• Tonje
• Tora
• Torbjørg
• Tordis
• Torhild
• Toril
• Torild
• Torill
• Torlaug
• Torrid
• Torunn
• Tove
• Turid
• Tuva

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Thor

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ/

Proper noun

Tor m

1. (Norse mythology) Thor (thunder god)

Related terms

• tório

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːr/

Proper noun

Tor c (genitive Tors)

1. (Norse mythology) Thor, god of thunder.
2. a male given name from Old Norse, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-

Related terms

male given names

• Thorbjörn
• Thord
• Thore
• Thure
• Torbjörn
• Tord
• Tore
• Torgny
• Torkel
• Torsten
• Torvald
• Ture

female given names

• Thyra
• Tora
• Tove
• Tyra

Anagrams

• ort, rot, tro

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Turkish

Proper noun

Tor

1. a male given name