torr

See also: Torr and tòrr

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English torr, from Old English torr

Noun

torr (plural torrs)

1. Archaic form of tor.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Torricelli. Named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli

Alternative forms

• Torr

Noun

torr (plural torrs or torr)

1. (metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals

Synonyms

(unit of pressure):

• millimeter of mercury, millimetre of mercury (not exactly synonyms, but practically equal)
• Torr (symbol)

Translations

unit of pressure

• Czech: torr m
• Faroese: torr n
• Finnish: torri (fi)
• Italian: torr (it) m
• Polish: tor (pl) m
• Portuguese: torr m
• Swedish: torr (sv)

See also

• tor
• Tor
• TOR

 

Anagrams

• rort

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Czech

Noun

torr m

1. torr (unit of pressure)

Further reading

• torr in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• torr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Faroese

Etymology

Named for Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist

Noun

torr n (genitive singular tors, plural torr)

1. torr, approximately 1.316·10^-3 atmosphere or 133.3 pascals.

Declension

n9	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	torr	torrið	torr	torrini
Accusative	torr	torrið	torr	torrini
Dative	torri	torrinum	torrum	torrunum
Genitive	tors	torsins	torra	torranna

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French

Noun

torr m (plural torrs)

1. torr

Further reading

• “torr”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

torr m (invariable)

1. (meteorology) torr (unit of pressure)

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Lombard

Etymology

From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor/, /tur/

Noun

torr ?

1. tower

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Old English

Alternative forms

• tūr, tor

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torr/, [torˠ]

Noun

torr m

1. tower

Declension

Declension of torr (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	torr	torras
accusative	torr	torras
genitive	torres	torra
dative	torre	torrum

Synonyms

• stīepel m

Derived terms

• fȳrtorr m

Descendants

• Middle English: tour, thour, tor, tore, toure, towere, towour, tur
  • English: tower
    • → German: Tower
    • → Hindi: टावर (ṭāvar)
    • → Japanese: タワー (tawā)
    • → Korean: 타워 (tawo)
    • → Northern Kurdish: tawer
    • → Punjabi: ਟਾਵਰ (ṭāvar)
  • Scots: tour, towr
  • Yola: toweare

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: torr

Noun

torr m (plural torrs)

1. torr (unit of pressure)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from *ters- (“dry”).

Adjective

torr (comparative torrare, superlative torrast)

1. dry
2. (overly) matter-of-fact and humorless, dull

Declension

Inflection of torr
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	torr	torrare	torrast
Neuter singular	torrt	torrare	torrast
Plural	torra	torrare	torrast
Masculine plural3	torre	torrare	torrast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	torre	torrare	torraste
All	torra	torrare	torraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• torrboll (“bore”)

Etymology 2

Noun

torr ?

1. torr; a unit of pressure

Anagrams

• tror