torn
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) enPR: tôrn, IPA(key): /tɔɹn/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôn, IPA(key): /tɔːn/
Audio (UK) (file) - (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 edit
torn
- past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
Usage notes edit
Adjective edit
torn (comparative more torn, superlative most torn)
Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tornus. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torn m (plural torns)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “torn”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “torn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “torn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “torn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish edit
Noun edit
torn
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Noun edit
torn c (singular definite tornen, plural indefinite torne)
Declension edit
References edit
- “torn” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German tōrn, from Old French tor.
Noun edit
torn (genitive torni, partitive torni)
Declension edit
Declension of torn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | torn | tornid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | torni | ||
genitive | tornide | ||
partitive | torni | torne tornisid | |
illative | torni tornisse |
tornidesse tornesse | |
inessive | tornis | tornides tornes | |
elative | tornist | tornidest tornest | |
allative | tornile | tornidele tornele | |
adessive | tornil | tornidel tornel | |
ablative | tornilt | tornidelt tornelt | |
translative | torniks | tornideks torneks | |
terminative | tornini | tornideni | |
essive | tornina | tornidena | |
abessive | tornita | tornideta | |
comitative | torniga | tornidega |
References edit
Further reading edit
- “torn”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse þorn (“thorn”), 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.
Noun edit
torn f (genitive singular tornar, plural tornir)
Declension edit
Declension of torn | ||||
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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 |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From late Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German torn, from Latin turris.
Noun edit
torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)
Declension edit
Declension of torn | ||||
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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 |
Related terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural torner, definite plural tornene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural tornar, definite plural tornane)
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitter”).
Adjective edit
torn
Declension edit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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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 |
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“anger”).
Noun edit
torn n (nominative plural torn)
Declension edit
Romanian edit
Verb edit
torn
- inflection of turna:
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
torn n
Declension edit
Declension of torn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | torn | tornet | torn | tornen |
Genitive | torns | tornets | torns | tornens |
Derived terms edit
- babelstorn
- borrtorn
- brandtorn
- domartorn
- elfenbenstorn
- flygledartorn
- flygtorn
- fyrtorn
- fågeltorn
- fästningstorn
- hopptorn (“diving tower, diving platform”)
- hörntorn
- jakttorn
- kanontorn
- klocktorn
- kontrolltorn
- kyltorn
- kyrktorn
- oljeborrtorn
- oljetorn
- pansartorn
- silotorn
- torna (“tower, loom”)
- trapptorn
- tvillingtorn
- utkikstorn (“lookout tower”)
- utsiktstorn (“observation tower”)
- vakttorn (“watchtower, guard tower”)
- vattentorn
- vägtorn
See also edit
Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text) | |||||
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kung | dam, drottning | torn | löpare | springare, häst | bonde |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn (English thorn). From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Noun edit
torn c
Declension edit
Declension of torn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | torn | tornen | tornar | tornarna |
Genitive | torns | tornens | tornars | tornarnas |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- torn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- torn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- torn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- torn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)