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torre

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See also: Torre, torré, tôrre, torrë, and tørre

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).

Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).

Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
  2. (chess) rook

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Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text)
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rei dama, reina torre alfil caballu peón

Catalan

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Torre de 8 amb folre

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan torre~torra, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
  2. (chess) rook or castle
  3. (castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc
  4. (historical) an agricultural estate on the outskirts of a town farmed by a tenant farmer
  5. villa

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text)
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rei reina, dama torre alfil cavall peó

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish torre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtore/, [ˈt̪o.re]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtoɾi/, [ˈt̪o.ɾi] (Ternateño)
  • Hyphenation: to‧rre

Noun

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torre

  1. tower

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Spanish torre.

Noun

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torre

  1. tower.

Galician

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Torre de Hércules, by Camilo Díaz Baliño, 1933
Torre dos Andrade, Pontedeume

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese torre, from Latin turris, turrem (tower), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
  2. (architecture) tower
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
      they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
  3. (chess) rook
    Synonym: roque
Derived terms
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See also
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Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
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rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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torre

  1. inflection of torrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterranean substrate loan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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torre f (plural torri)

  1. tower
  2. (chess) rook
Derived terms
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See also
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Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
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re regina,
donna
torre alfiere cavallo pedone

Etymology 2

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From Latin tollō (to lift up; to take away), from Proto-Italic *tolnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from the root *telh₂- (to bear, carry).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tòrre (first-person singular present tòlgo, first-person singular past historic tòlsi, past participle tòlto, first-person singular imperfect togliévo, auxiliary avére) (literary, archaic)

  1. (literary, archaic) Alternative form of togliere
Conjugation
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References

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  1. ^ torre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ torre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Kinikinao

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

Noun

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torre

  1. tower (tall structure)
    • Pitiwoko, A Cidade in 2008, Ilda de Souza, Koenukunoe emo'u: A língua dos índios Kinikinau, page 187:
      [] , muyopeti mopo'e torre kemomoati wanuke aoeti muyopeti.
      [] , and it wasn’t one of those important churches, stone walls with towers pointing to the sky.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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torrē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þorri. Akin to Faroese torri and Icelandic þorri.

Noun

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torre m (definite singular torren, indefinite plural torrar, definite plural torrane)

  1. (historical, month) Thorri

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Anagrams

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan torre, from Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
    Synonym: tor

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin turris, turrem.

Noun

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torre f (oblique plural torres, nominative singular torre, nominative plural torres)

  1. tower

Descendants

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  • Occitan: torre

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
torre

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese torre (tower), from Latin turrem (tower), from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, tower, bastion).

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, and Italian torre and French tour.

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Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
    A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade.
    The tower provides a panoramic view of the city.
  2. (chess) rook
  3. skyscraper
    Synonyms: arranha-céu, arranha-céus
Descendants
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See also

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Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
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rei rainha, dama torre bispo cavalo peão

Further reading

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  • tôrre” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tor‧re

Verb

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torre

  1. inflection of torrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtore/ [ˈt̪o.re]
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Syllabification: to‧rre

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish torre, inherited from Latin turrem, turris, borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis, tower, bastion).

Noun

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torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
  2. (chess) rook
    Synonym: roque
  3. skyscraper (high building)
    Synonym: rascacielos
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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torre

  1. inflection of torrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
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rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Swedish

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Adjective

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torre

  1. definite natural masculine singular of torr

West Flemish

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French tur, from Latin turris.

Noun

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torre m

  1. tower