torn

See also: Torn, tørn, and Törn

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: tôrn, IPA^(key): /tɔɹn/

• Audio (US)

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• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôn, IPA^(key): /tɔːn/

• Audio (UK)

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: tōrn, IPA^(key): /to(ː)ɹn/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /toən/
  • Homophone: tawn (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Verb

torn

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

Usage notes

• The past participle of the tear (“produce liquid from the eyes”), is teared.

Adjective

torn (comparative more torn, superlative most torn)

1. Unable to decide between multiple options.

   I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.

Translations

unable to decide

• Dutch: verscheurd (nl)
• Finnish: kahden vaiheilla (two options; otherwise just translate as "one cannot decide between ...")
• French: tiraillé (fr)
• German: hin- und hergerissen (de)
• Polish: rozdarty (pl)

Anagrams

• -tron, ront, tron

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tornus, attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾn/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtorn/

Noun

torn m (plural torns)

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

   Synonym: tanda

Derived terms

• tornejar

Further reading

• “torn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “torn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “torn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

torn

1. Hard mutation of dorn.
2. Mixed mutation of dorn.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

torn c (singular definite tornen, plural indefinite torne)

1. thorn

Declension

Declension of torn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornen	torne	tornene
genitive	torns	tornens	tornes	tornenes

References

• “torn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German tōrn, from Old French tor.

Noun

torn (genitive torni, partitive torni)

1. tower

Declension

Declension of torn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	torn	tornid
accusative	torni	tornid
genitive	torni	tornide
partitive	torni	torne tornisid
illative	torni tornisse	tornidesse tornesse
inessive	tornis	tornides tornes
elative	tornist	tornidest tornest
allative	tornile	tornidele tornele
adessive	tornil	tornidel tornel
ablative	tornilt	tornidelt tornelt
translative	torniks	tornideks torneks
terminative	tornini	tornideni
essive	tornina	tornidena
abessive	tornita	tornideta
comitative	torniga	tornidega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

References

• torn in Sõnaveeb

Further reading

• torn in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔɻɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɻɳ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þorn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Norwegian Bokmål torn, Icelandic þyrnir, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn f (genitive singular tornar, plural tornir)

1. (botany) hawthorn bush; thorn

Declension

Declension of torn
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornin	tornir	tornirnar
accusative	torn	tornina	tornir	tornirnar
dative	torn	tornini	tornum	tornunum
genitive	tornar	tornarinnar	torna	tornanna

Related terms

• tornur
• tornutur
• tornrunnur
• tornatyssi
• tornarunnur
• tornakrúna

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German torn, from Latin turris.

Noun

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. tower, belfry, spire
2. dungeon

Declension

Declension of torn
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torn	tornið	torn	tornini
accusative	torn	tornið	torn	tornini
dative	torni	torninum	tornum	tornunum
genitive	torns	tornsins	torna	tornanna

Related terms

• tornklokka
• klokkutorn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural torner, definite plural tornene)

1. thorn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural tornar, definite plural tornane)

1. thorn

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torn/, [torˠn]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitter”).

Adjective

torn

1. bitter; painful; severe

Declension

Declension of torn — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torn	torn	torn
Accusative	torne	torne	torn
Genitive	tornes	tornre	tornes
Dative	tornum	tornre	tornum
Instrumental	torne	tornre	torne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torne	torna, torne	torn
Accusative	torne	torna, torne	torn
Genitive	tornra	tornra	tornra
Dative	tornum	tornum	tornum
Instrumental	tornum	tornum	tornum

Declension of torn — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torna	torne	torne
Accusative	tornan	tornan	torne
Genitive	tornan	tornan	tornan
Dative	tornan	tornan	tornan
Instrumental	tornan	tornan	tornan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tornan	tornan	tornan
Accusative	tornan	tornan	tornan
Genitive	tornra, tornena	tornra, tornena	tornra, tornena
Dative	tornum	tornum	tornum
Instrumental	tornum	tornum	tornum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“anger”).

Noun

torn n (nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress

Romanian

Verb

torn

1. inflection of turna:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German tōrn, tōren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.

Noun

torn n

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Declension

Declension of torn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	torn	tornet	torn	tornen
Genitive	torns	tornets	torns	tornens

Derived terms

• hopptorn (“diving tower, diving platform”)
• torna (“tower, loom”)
• utkikstorn (“lookout tower”)
• utsiktstorn (“observation tower”)
• vakttorn (“watchtower, guard tower”)

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn (English thorn). From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

torn c

1. (botany) thorn

Declension

Declension of torn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	torn	tornen	tornar	tornarna
Genitive	torns	tornens	tornars	tornarnas

References

• torn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• torn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• torn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tron