torre

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See also: Torre, torré, tôrre, and torrë

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower

References[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
  2. (chess) rook

See also[edit]

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

Catalan[edit]

Torre de 8 amb folre

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish torre.

Noun[edit]

torre

  1. tower.

Galician[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
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rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

References[edit]

  • “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “torre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “torre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “torre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtor.re/
  • Rhymes: -orre
  • Hyphenation: tór‧re

Noun[edit]

torre f (plural torri)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
    Conjugation of tòrre (syncopated; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tòrre
auxiliary verb avére gerund toglièndo
present participle togliènte past participle tòlto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tòlgo tògli tòglie togliàmo togliéte tòlgono
imperfect togliévo togliévi togliéva toglievàmo toglievàte togliévano
past historic tòlsi togliésti tòlse togliémmo togliéste tòlsero
future torrò torrài torrà torrémo torréte torrànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present torrèi torrésti torrèbbe, torrébbe torrémmo torréste torrèbbero, torrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tòlga tòlga tòlga togliàmo togliàte tòlgano
imperfect togliéssi togliéssi togliésse togliéssimo togliéste togliéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tògli tòlga togliàmo togliéte tòlgano
negative imperative non tòrre non tòlga non togliàmo non togliéte non tòlgano

Anagrams[edit]

Kinikinao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

torrē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. (historical, month) Thorri

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
    Synonym: tor

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin turris, turrem.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. tower

Descendants[edit]

  • Occitan: torre

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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torre

Etymology 1[edit]

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.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: tor‧re

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Verb[edit]

torre

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

torre f (plural torres)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

torre

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

See also[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

West Flemish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

torre m

  1. tower
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