torre

See also: Torre, torré, tôrre, and torrë

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin turris.

NounEdit

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

See alsoEdit

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin turris.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈto.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.re/
• Rhymes: -ore

NounEdit

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook or castle

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

• “torre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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GalicianEdit

Torre da Candaira, Galicia

EtymologyEdit

From Latin turris (“tower”), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

NounEdit

torre f (plural torres)

1. (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
2. (architecture) tower
3. (chess) rook

   Synonym: roque

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

• “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “torre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “torre” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “torre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterranean substrate loan.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.re/, [ˈt̪orːe]
• Hyphenation: tór‧re
• Rhymes: -orre

NounEdit

torre f (plural torri)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook, castle

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from torre

• torracchione
• torraiolo
• Torrazzo
• torre d'avvistamento
• torre di comando

• torre di controllo
• torre di Pisa
• torre Eiffel
• torreggiare
• torre pendente

• torretta
• torriere
• Torri Gemelle
• torrigiano
• torrione

Related termsEdit

• turricolato
• turrito

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin tollere, infinitive of tollō (“to lift up; to take away”), from Proto-Italic *tolnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from the root *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔr.re/, [ˈt̪ɔrːe]
• Hyphenation: tòr‧re
• Rhymes: -ɔrre

VerbEdit

torre

1. (literary) Archaic form of togliere.

AnagramsEdit

• retro, retrò, rétro
• terrò

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KinikinaoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

NounEdit

torre

1. 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.

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

torrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

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OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin turris.

NounEdit

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

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Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin turris.

NounEdit

torre f (oblique plural torres, nominative singular torre, nominative plural torres)

1. tower

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: torre
• Occitan: torre

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PortugueseEdit

torre

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), accusative singular of turris, from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).

Cognate with Galician torre, Spanish torre, Catalan torre, Occitan torre, French tour and Italian torre.

Alternative formsEdit

• tôrre (obsolete)

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁi/
• Hyphenation: tor‧re

NounEdit

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

   A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade.

   The tower provides a panoramic view of the city.

2. (chess) rook
3. skyscraper

SynonymsEdit

• (skyscraper): arranha-céu, arranha-céus

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁi/

VerbEdit

torre

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of torrar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of torrar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of torrar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of torrar

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish torre, from Latin turrem, accusative singular of turris, from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).

NounEdit

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook
3. skyscraper (high building)

SynonymsEdit

• (rook): roque
• (skyscraper): rascacielos

See alsoEdit

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West FlemishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French tur, from Latin turris.

NounEdit

torre m

1. tower