torn

See also: Torn and Törn

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: tôrn, IPA^(key): /tɔɹn/

• Audio (US)

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• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôn, IPA^(key): /tɔːn/

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: tōrn, IPA^(key): /to(ː)ɹn/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /toən/
  • Homophone: tawn (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Verb

torn

1. past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).

Usage notes

• The past participle of the tear (“produce liquid from the eyes”), is teared.

Anagrams

• -tron, ront, tron

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tornus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾn/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtorn/

Noun

torn m (plural torns)

1. lathe, potter's wheel
2. turn, go (as in take turns or as a move in a game)

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Cornish

Noun

torn

1. Hard mutation of dorn.
2. Mixed mutation of dorn.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

torn c (singular definite tornen, plural indefinite torne)

1. thorn

Declension

Declension of torn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornen	torne	tornene
genitive	torns	tornens	tornes	tornenes

References

• “torn” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Estonian

Noun

torn (genitive torni, partitive torni)

1. tower

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• torn in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Norwegian Bokmål torn, Icelandic þyrnir, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔɻɳ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɻɳ

Noun

torn f (genitive singular tornar, plural tornir)

1. (botany) thorn

Declension

Declension of torn
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornin	tornir	tornirnar
accusative	torn	tornina	tornir	tornirnar
dative	torn	tornini	tornum	tornunum
genitive	tornar	tornarinnar	torna	tornanna

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔdn]
• Rhymes: -ɔdn

Noun

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. thorn, name of the letter þ

Declension

Declension of torn
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornið	torn	tornini
accusative	torn	tornið	torn	tornini
dative	torni	torninum	tornum	tornunum
genitive	torns	tornsins	torna	tornanna

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German torn, from Latin turris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔɻɳ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɻɳ

Noun

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. tower

Declension

Declension of torn
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornið	torn	tornini
accusative	torn	tornið	torn	tornini
dative	torni	torninum	tornum	tornunum
genitive	torns	tornsins	torna	tornanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural torner, definite plural tornene)

1. thorn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural tornar, definite plural tornane)

1. thorn

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torn/, [torˠn]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitter”).

Adjective

torn

1. bitter; painful; severe

Declension

Declension of torn — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torn	torn	torn
Accusative	torne	torne	torn
Genitive	tornes	tornre	tornes
Dative	tornum	tornre	tornum
Instrumental	torne	tornre	torne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torne	torna, torne	torn
Accusative	torne	torna, torne	torn
Genitive	tornra	tornra	tornra
Dative	tornum	tornum	tornum
Instrumental	tornum	tornum	tornum

Declension of torn — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torna	torne	torne
Accusative	tornan	tornan	torne
Genitive	tornan	tornan	tornan
Dative	tornan	tornan	tornan
Instrumental	tornan	tornan	tornan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tornan	tornan	tornan
Accusative	tornan	tornan	tornan
Genitive	tornra, tornena	tornra, tornena	tornra, tornena
Dative	tornum	tornum	tornum
Instrumental	tornum	tornum	tornum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“anger”).

Noun

torn n (nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress

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Romanian

Verb

torn

1. first-person singular present indicative of turna
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of turna
3. third-person plural present indicative of turna

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German tōrn, tōren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.

Noun

torn n

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Declension

Declension of torn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	torn	tornet	torn	tornen
Genitive	torns	tornets	torns	tornens

Descendants

• → Finnish: torni

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn.

Noun

torn c

1. (botany) thorn

Declension

Declension of torn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	torn	tornen	tornar	tornarna
Genitive	torns	tornens	tornars	tornarnas

Anagrams

• tron