torre

See also: Torre, torré, tôrre, and torrë

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin turris.

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin turris.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook or castle

See also

Further reading

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

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Galician

Torre da Candaira, Galicia

Etymology

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

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

   Synonym: roque

See also

References

• “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 (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “torre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

torre f (plural torri)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook, castle

Derived terms

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 terms

• turricolato
• turrito

See also

Etymology 2

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

torre

1. (literary) Archaic form of togliere.

Anagrams

• retro, retrò, rétro
• terrò

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Kinikinao

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

Noun

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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Latin

Verb

torrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin turris.

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin turris.

Noun

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

1. tower

Descendants

• Catalan: torre
• Occitan: torre

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Portuguese

torre

Etymology 1

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 forms

• tôrre (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• → Kinikinao: torre

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtore/, [ˈt̪ore]

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

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

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• → Basque: dorre
• → Ilocano: torre
• → Quechua: turri
• → Tagalog: tore

See also

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West Flemish

Etymology

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

Noun

torre m

1. tower