torn

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)n/

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• (US) IPA: /toʊrn/, /tɔrn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Verb

torn

1. Past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).

Usage notes

• The past participle of the tear, meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is teared.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /torn/,

Etymology

From Latin tornus.

Noun

torn m. (plural torns)

1. lathe, potter's wheel
2. turn, go (as in take turns or as a move in a game)

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Norwegian

Noun

torn m. or f. (definite singular torna/tornen; indefinite plural torner; definite plural tornene)

1. A thorn

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Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic. Cognate with Old Saxon torn (Dutch toorn), Old High German zorn (German Zorn).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /torn/

Noun

torn n. (nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress

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Swedish

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Noun

torn n.

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Declension

Declension of torn

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornet	torn	tornen
genitive	torns	tornets	torns	tornens