Tor

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[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

Tor (uncountable)

  1. (computing) an implementation of second-generation onion routing.

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Tor

  1. Toronto

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[edit] Finnish

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Tor

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor

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Declension of Tor (type risti)
singular plural
nominative Tor –
genitive Torin –
partitive Toria –
accusative Tor
Torin		 –
inessive Torissa –
elative Torista –
illative Toriin –
adessive Torilla –
ablative Torilta –
allative Torille –
essive Torina –
translative Toriksi –
instructive – –
abessive Toritta –
comitative – –

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[edit] German

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /toːɐ̯/

[edit] Etymology 1

Old High German tor from an original dor, compare English door

[edit] Noun

Tor n. (genitive Tors or Tores, plural Tore)

  1. gate, (a building with) a big doorway
  2. gate, a big door
  3. goal (in soccer and ballgames)
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declension of Tor
singular plural
n. gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Tor die Tore
genitive eines des Tores,
Tors		 der Tore
dative einem dem Tor,
Tore (archaic)		 den Toren
accusative ein das Tor die Tore

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Middle High German tor

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Tor m. (genitive Toren, plural Toren)

  1. fool
    • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"
      Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.
      Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.
[edit] Declension
declension of Tor
singular plural
m. gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tor die Toren
genitive eines des Toren der Toren
dative einem dem Toren den Toren
accusative einen den Toren die Toren
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[edit] Norwegian

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.

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Tor

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
  2. A male given name.

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male given names
female given names

[edit] References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Tor

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor, god of thunder.
  2. A male given name, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-.

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male given names
female given names

[edit] Turkish

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Tor

  1. A male given name
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