tiorba

Basque

Noun

tiorba ?

1. (music) theorbo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiorba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [tiˈo̞r.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [tiˈɔr.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tiˈoɾ.ba]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [tiˈor.ba]

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Noun

tiorba f (plural tiorbes)

1. (music) theorbo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjɔr.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔrba
• Hyphenation: tiòr‧ba

Noun

tiorba f (plural tiorbe) (music)

1. theorbo

   Hypernym: arciliuto

Derived terms

• attiorbato, tiorbato
• tiorbista

Descendants

• → Catalan: tiorba
• → English: theorbo

Further reading

• tiorba in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Rabito, aborti, abortì, borati, orbati, orbita

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• teorba

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.bɐ/ [t͡ʃɪˈɔɦ.bɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.bɐ/ [ˈt͡ʃjɔɦ.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.bɐ/ [t͡ʃɪˈɔɦ.bɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.bɐ/ [ˈt͡ʃjɔɦ.bɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɔɾ.bɐ/ [t͡ʃɪˈɔɾ.bɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃjɔɾ.bɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.bɐ/ [t͡ʃɪˈɔʁ.bɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.bɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɔɻ.bɐ/ [t͡ʃɪˈɔɻ.bɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃjɔɻ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɔʁ.ba/ [t͡ʃɪˈɔɦ.ba], (faster pronunciation) /ˈt͡ʃjɔʁ.ba/ [ˈt͡ʃjɔɦ.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtjɔɾ.bɐ/ [ˈtjɔɾ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: ti‧or‧ba

Noun

tiorba f (plural tiorbas)

1. (music) theorbo (baroque instrument of the lute family)

Further reading

• “tiorba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tiorba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjoɾba/ [ˈt̪joɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɾba
• Syllabification: tior‧ba

Noun

tiorba f (plural tiorbas)

1. (music) theorbo

Further reading

• “tiorba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025