tor
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /tɔɹ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Homophones: tore (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger), torr (all accents), tour (in accents with the pour-poor merger), taw (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), of non-Indo-European origin.
Cognate with Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr, Welsh tŵr, Irish tor, French tor, and Romansch tor/tur/tuor; the first four are from Proto-Celtic (from Latin turris), the last two directly from Latin turris (from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) and τύρσις (túrsis)). It is not clear whether the Celtic forms were borrowed from Old English or vice versa. Doublet of tower.
Noun[edit]
tor (plural tors)
- (geology) A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 9:
- The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
- 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, Tickor and Fields (1855), pages 104-105:
- Bursdon and Welsford were then, as now, a rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree, or anything save few and far between a world-old furze-bank which marked the common rights of some distant cattle farm, and crossed then, not as now, by a decent road, but by a rough confused trackway, the remnant of an old Roman road from Clovelly dikes to Launceston.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 9:
- (South-West England) A hill with such rock formation.
- 2008, Lydia Joyce, Shadows of the Night, Signet Eclipse (2008), →ISBN, page 242:
- She had slipped the letters into her pocket next to the packet of antique documents and had taken an umbrella—as the sky was ominous out over the distant tors—and strolled around the manor house and down the road toward the village.
- 2008, Lydia Joyce, Shadows of the Night, Signet Eclipse (2008), →ISBN, page 242:
- (Britain, dialect) A tower; a turret.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ray to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tor (comparative more tor, superlative most tor)
- Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch tor, from Middle Dutch torre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor (plural torre)
Azerbaijani[edit]
Other scripts | ||
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Cyrillic | ||
Roman | tor | |
Perso-Arabic | تور |
Etymology[edit]
From Common Turkic *tor. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tor, “net”).
Noun[edit]
tor (definite accusative toru, plural torlar)
Declension[edit]
Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Breton torr, teur, from Old Breton tar, from Proto-Celtic *torr-V- (“belly”), of uncertain origin; according to Matasovic, of non-Indo-European origin, but according to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to turn, rub”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts, intestines”), Ancient Greek τάμισος (támisos, “rennet”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor m (plural torioù, collective toroù)
Mutation[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor
- Hard mutation of dor.
Mutation[edit]
References[edit]
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) , “torrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 385
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “tor”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page tàrr
Cimbrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German tor, from Old High German tor, from Proto-Germanic *durą (“large door; gate”). Cognate with German Tor, English door.
Noun[edit]
tor n (Luserna)
References[edit]
- “tor” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tor
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch torre, of uncertain origin, possibly an imitative Middle Dutch base turren (“buzz”). Compare cognate West Frisian tuorre, toarre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor f (plural torren, diminutive torretje n)
- beetle, insect of the order Coleoptera
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: tor
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010) , “tor”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
tor (plural torok)
- (literary, archaic or folksy) meal, repast (ceremonial meal held after weddings, funerals, or other special occasions)
- halotti tor ― funeral feast
- disznótor ― meal on pig-killing day
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tor | torok |
accusative | tort | torokat |
dative | tornak | toroknak |
instrumental | torral | torokkal |
causal-final | torért | torokért |
translative | torrá | torokká |
terminative | torig | torokig |
essive-formal | torként | torokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | torban | torokban |
superessive | toron | torokon |
adessive | tornál | toroknál |
illative | torba | torokba |
sublative | torra | torokra |
allative | torhoz | torokhoz |
elative | torból | torokból |
delative | torról | torokról |
ablative | tortól | toroktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
toré | toroké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
toréi | torokéi |
Possessive forms of tor | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | torom | toraim |
2nd person sing. | torod | toraid |
3rd person sing. | tora | torai |
1st person plural | torunk | toraink |
2nd person plural | torotok | toraitok |
3rd person plural | toruk | toraik |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “breastplate, chest”), created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Noun[edit]
tor (plural torok)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tor | torok |
accusative | tort | torokat |
dative | tornak | toroknak |
instrumental | torral | torokkal |
causal-final | torért | torokért |
translative | torrá | torokká |
terminative | torig | torokig |
essive-formal | torként | torokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | torban | torokban |
superessive | toron | torokon |
adessive | tornál | toroknál |
illative | torba | torokba |
sublative | torra | torokra |
allative | torhoz | torokhoz |
elative | torból | torokból |
delative | torról | torokról |
ablative | tortól | toroktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
toré | toroké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
toréi | torokéi |
Possessive forms of tor | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | torom | toraim |
2nd person sing. | torod | toraid |
3rd person sing. | tora | torai |
1st person plural | torunk | toraink |
2nd person plural | torotok | toraitok |
3rd person plural | toruk | toraik |
Further reading[edit]
- (ceremonial meal): tor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
- (thorax): tor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor m (genitive singular toir, nominative plural toir)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- ó thor go tom (“from pillar to post”)
- tor caprais (“caper”)
- tor nimhe (“poison oak”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from Proto-Celtic (Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr), possibly borrowed from Old English torr (“a high rock, tower”), though the reverse is more likely; all ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”) and of non-Indo-European origin.
More at English tor and tor. Also compare Latin Taurini.
Noun[edit]
tor m (genitive singular toir, nominative plural toir)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor m
- Alternative form of toradh
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor m (genitive singular toir, nominative plural toir)
- Alternative form of tarathar
Declension[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tor | thor | dtor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- "tor" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “tor” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin turris, turrim
Noun[edit]
tor f (plural tors)
Old French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin turris, turrim, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor f (oblique plural tors, nominative singular tor, nominative plural tors)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: tour
- Walloon: tour
- → Middle Low German: tōrn, tōren
- → Old Dutch: turn
- → Old English: torr, tūr, tor
- → Old Frisian: torn
- West Frisian: toer
- → Old High German: torn
- → Irish: túr
- → Scottish Gaelic: tùr
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor m (oblique plural tors, nominative singular tors, nominative plural tor)
- bull (bovine)
Derived terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *torъ, from *terti.
Noun[edit]
tor m inan
- track, course, path
- rail track
- lane (a part of a sports track)
- trajectory
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin thorium, from Old Scandinavian Thorr.
Noun[edit]
Chemical element | |
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Th | |
Previous: aktyn (Ac) | |
Next: protaktyn (Pa) |
tor m inan
Declension[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Named for Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist.
Noun[edit]
tor m (symbol Tr)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun[edit]
tor
Further reading[edit]
- tor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Noun[edit]
tor m (plural tors)
Scanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor
- March (month)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *torъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tȏr m (Cyrillic spelling то̑р)
Declension[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *tōr- (“a kind of young animal”). Related to toy.
Noun[edit]
tor (definite accusative toru, plural torlar)
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | tor | |
Definite accusative | toru | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | tor | torlar |
Definite accusative | toru | torları |
Dative | tora | torlara |
Locative | torda | torlarda |
Ablative | tordan | torlardan |
Genitive | torun | torların |
References[edit]
- „tor“ in the dictionary of the Turkish language (TDK)
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “toraman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “torun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “torlak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Uzbek[edit]
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | тор |
Roman | tor |
Perso-Arabic | |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *d(i)ār.
Adjective[edit]
tor (comparative torroq, superlative eng tor)
Noun[edit]
tor (plural torlar)
Venetian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
tor
- (transitive) to take
- (transitive) to get
Volapük[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tor (nominative plural tors)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- torül (“bull calf, male calf”)
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- torra (second-person singular imperative)
- torriff (colloquial, third-person singular present/future)
- torrith (colloquial, third-person singular present/future)
- tyr (literary, third-person singular present/future)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tor
- (literary) third-person singular present/future of torri
- (literary) second-person singular imperative of torri
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tor | dor | nhor | thor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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