tora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tora"

English

Etymology

From Amharic ቶራ (tora).

Noun

tora (plural toras)

1. Synonym of tora hartebeest.

See also

• tora tora

Albanian

Verb

tora

1. first-person plural aorist indicative of tjerr

Aromanian

Etymology

From Greek τώρα (tóra, “now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtora]

Adverb

tora

1. now

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin phthora, from Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “destruction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈto.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈto.ɾa]

Noun

tora f (plural tores)

1. aconite

   Synonym: acònit

Derived terms

• tora blanca
• tora blava
• tora groga

Further reading

• “tora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tora”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰoːɹa/
• Rhymes: -oːɹa
• Homophone: torað

Etymology 1

Noun

tora f (genitive singular toru, uncountable)

1. thunder

Declension

f1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tora	toran
accusative	toru	toruna
dative	toru	toruni
genitive	toru	torunnar

Derived terms

• toruljós
• torusláttur
• toruskýggj
• toruveður

Related terms

• ódnarveður
• ravmagn
• snarljós
• skýggj
• luft

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þora.

Verb

tora (third person singular past indicative tordi, third person plural past indicative tordu, supine torað, tort)

1. To dare something.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tora (group v-25-1)

infinitive	tora
supine	torað/ tort
	present	past
first singular	tori	tordi
second singular	torir	tordi
third singular	torir	tordi
plural	tora	tordu
participle (a6/a7)1	torandi	toraður/ tordur
	imperative
singular	tora!
plural	torið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• vága

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tora, from Proto-Uralic *tora. Cognates include Erzya тюрема (ťurema, “fight, war”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): to‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): to‧ra

Noun

tora

1. quarrel (verbal dispute or heated argument)

   Synonyms: eripura, riita, kiista

2. (dated, in the plural) reprimand, rebuke

   Synonyms: torut, nuhteet

Declension

Inflection of tora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		tora	torat
genitive		toran	torien
partitive		toraa	toria
illative		toraan	toriin
		singular	plural
nominative		tora	torat
accusative	nom.	tora	torat
	gen.	toran
genitive		toran	torien torain rare
partitive		toraa	toria
inessive		torassa	torissa
elative		torasta	torista
illative		toraan	toriin
adessive		toralla	torilla
ablative		toralta	torilta
allative		toralle	torille
essive		torana	torina
translative		toraksi	toriksi
abessive		toratta	toritta
instructive		—	torin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative torani torani accusative nom. torani torani gen. torani genitive torani torieni toraini rare partitive toraani toriani inessive torassani torissani elative torastani toristani illative toraani toriini adessive torallani torillani ablative toraltani toriltani allative toralleni torilleni essive toranani torinani translative torakseni torikseni abessive torattani torittani instructive — — comitative — torineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative torasi torasi accusative nom. torasi torasi gen. torasi genitive torasi toriesi toraisi rare partitive toraasi toriasi inessive torassasi torissasi elative torastasi toristasi illative toraasi toriisi adessive torallasi torillasi ablative toraltasi toriltasi allative torallesi torillesi essive toranasi torinasi translative toraksesi toriksesi abessive torattasi torittasi instructive — — comitative — torinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative toramme toramme accusative nom. toramme toramme gen. toramme genitive toramme toriemme toraimme rare partitive toraamme toriamme inessive torassamme torissamme elative torastamme toristamme illative toraamme toriimme adessive torallamme torillamme ablative toraltamme toriltamme allative torallemme torillemme essive toranamme torinamme translative toraksemme toriksemme abessive torattamme torittamme instructive — — comitative — torinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative toranne toranne accusative nom. toranne toranne gen. toranne genitive toranne torienne torainne rare partitive toraanne torianne inessive torassanne torissanne elative torastanne toristanne illative toraanne toriinne adessive torallanne torillanne ablative toraltanne toriltanne allative torallenne torillenne essive torananne torinanne translative toraksenne toriksenne abessive torattanne torittanne instructive — — comitative — torinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative toransa toransa accusative nom. toransa toransa gen. toransa genitive toransa toriensa torainsa rare partitive toraansa toriaan toriansa inessive torassaan torassansa torissaan torissansa elative torastaan torastansa toristaan toristansa illative toraansa toriinsa adessive torallaan torallansa torillaan torillansa ablative toraltaan toraltansa toriltaan toriltansa allative toralleen torallensa torilleen torillensa essive toranaan toranansa torinaan torinansa translative torakseen toraksensa torikseen toriksensa abessive torattaan torattansa torittaan torittansa instructive — — comitative — torineen torinensa

Derived terms

• torailla
• torainen
• toraisa
• torata

compounds

• henkitoreissa
• torahammas
• torajyvä

Further reading

• “tora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
• “tora”, in Nykysuomen sanakirja [The Dictionary of Modern Finnish]‎^PDF (in Finnish), volume 5 (S–Tr), Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1951–1961, page 738

Anagrams

• Arto, Atro, arot, orat, raot

Galician

Verb

tora

1. inflection of torar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tora. Cognates include Finnish tora and Estonian tõra.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtorɑ/, [ˈto̞rɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtorɑ/, [ˈto̞rɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: to‧ra

Noun

tora

1. quarrel
   • 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Palaga, “1259. Soikkola, Metsäkylä, III123”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎^[2], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 82-83:

     Mäntii toramäelle, // Missä torataa suuret torat,

     They went to the quarrel mountain, // Where big quarrels are quarreled,

Declension

Declension of tora (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tora	torat
genitive	toran	torriin
partitive	torraa	torria
illative	torraa	torrii
inessive	toras	toris
elative	torast	torist
allative	toralle	torille
adessive	toral	toril
ablative	toralt	torilt
translative	toraks	toriks
essive	toranna, torraan	torinna, torriin
exessive1)	torant	torint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• torohammas
• torrua

Japanese

Romanization

tora

1. Rōmaji transcription of とら
2. Rōmaji transcription of トラ

Karelian

Noun

tora

1. battle

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew תּוֹרָה (torá).

Proper noun

tora (Hebrew spelling תורה)

1. (Judaism) Torah

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “torá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “Torá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 558
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “Tora”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 378

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þora. Cognates include Icelandic þora, Danish turde, Norwegian Bokmål tørre and Faroese tora. Some also come in their mediopassive variants, Swedish töras, as does also the deponent Norwegian Nynorsk torast.

Verb

tora (present tense torer or tør, past tense torde, supine tort)

1. (intransitive) to dare

   Synonyms: drista, våga

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Alternative forms

• tore (e-infinitive)

Related terms

• torast

Etymology 2

From Biblical Hebrew תּוֹרָה (“instruction, law or teaching”).

Noun

tora m (definite singular toraen, indefinite plural toraer or toraar, definite plural toraene or toraane)

1. Torah

Etymology 3

Noun

tora f (definite singular tora, indefinite plural torer or toror, definite plural torene or torone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tore
2. definite singular of tore

Verb

tora (present tense torar, past tense tora, past participle tora, passive infinitive torast, present participle torande, imperative tora/tor)

1. alternative spelling of tore

References

• “tora” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• orta, otra, rota, toar, troa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: to‧ra

Etymology 1

From toro (“torus, tree ring”).

Noun

tora f (plural toras)

1. (Brazil) log (cut and cleared trunk of a tree)

   Synonym: cepo

Etymology 2

Verb

tora

1. inflection of torar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tora (Cyrillic spelling тора)

1. genitive singular of tor

Sora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoraː/

Noun

tora

1. fringe of cloth

References

• Ramamurti, R. S. (1933). Sora–English Dictionary. Delhi: Mittal Publication.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾa/ [ˈt̪o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: to‧ra

Noun

tora f (plural toras)

1. (Honduras, Nicaragua) leatherback (species of sea turtle)

   Synonym: baula

Further reading

• “tora”, 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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُرَّة (ṭurra).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɾɑ/

Noun

tora class IX (plural tora class X)

1. small spear

Swedish

Alternative forms

• torah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Noun

tora c

1. a Torah

Usage notes

Toror is the intuitive plural, but seems rare.

Declension

Declension of tora

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tora	toras
	definite	toran	torans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• Tora (“Torah”)

References

• “tora”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Noun

tora

1. dative singular of tor

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tora, from Proto-Uralic *torɜ. Cognates include Finnish tora.

Noun

tora

1. fight, scuffle
2. battle

Inflection

Inflection of tora (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	tora
genitive sing.	toran
partitive sing.	torad
partitive plur.	torid
	singular	plural
nominative	tora	torad
accusative	toran	torad
genitive	toran	toriden
partitive	torad	torid
essive-instructive	toran	torin
translative	toraks	torikš
inessive	toras	toriš
elative	toraspäi	torišpäi
illative	toraha	torihe
adessive	toral	toril
ablative	toralpäi	torilpäi
allative	torale	torile
abessive	torata	torita
comitative	toranke	toridenke
prolative	toradme	toridme
approximative I	toranno	toridenno
approximative II	torannoks	toridennoks
egressive	torannopäi	toridennopäi
terminative I	torahasai	torihesai
terminative II	toralesai	torilesai
terminative III	torassai	—
additive I	torahapäi	torihepäi
additive II	toralepäi	torilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “битва, драка, рукопашная, свалка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika