torre

See also: Torre, torré, tôrre, and torrë

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “torre”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈto.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈto.re]
• Rhymes: -ore

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook or castle

Derived terms

• torreta

Further reading

• “torre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “torre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “torre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “torre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish torre

Noun

torre

1. tower.

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Galician

Torre de Hércules, by Camilo Díaz Baliño, 1933

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtore̝/

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
2. (architecture) tower
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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

• Datorre
• Torre

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “torre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “torre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.re/, [ˈt̪orːe]
• Hyphenation: tór‧re
• Rhymes: -orre

Noun

torre f (plural torri)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook, castle

Derived terms

• torracchione
• torraiolo
• Torrazzo
• torre d'avvistamento
• torre di comando
• torre di controllo
• torre di Pisa
• torre Eiffel
• torre pendente
• torreggiare
• torretta
• Torri Gemelle
• torriere
• torrigiano
• torrione

 

Related terms

• turricolato
• turrito

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin tollere, infinitive of 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔr.re/, [ˈt̪ɔrːe]
• Hyphenation: tòr‧re
• Rhymes: -ɔrre

Verb

torre

1. (literary) Archaic form of togliere.

Anagrams

• retro, retrò, rétro
• terrò

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Kinikinao

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

Noun

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.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) torrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin turris, turrem.

Noun

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

1. tower

Descendants

• Catalan: torre
• Occitan: torre

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Portuguese

torre

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), accusative singular of turris, from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).

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

Alternative forms

• tôrre (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁi/
• Hyphenation: tor‧re

Noun

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

• (skyscraper): arranha-céu, arranha-céus

Descendants

• → Kinikinao: torre

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁi/

Verb

torre

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish torre, from Latin turrem, accusative singular of turris, from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtore/ [ˈt̪o.re]

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook
3. skyscraper (high building)

Synonyms

• (rook): roque
• (skyscraper): rascacielos

Derived terms

• torre de gradiente
• torrecilla

Descendants

• → Basque: dorre
• → Ilocano: torre
• → Quechua: turri
• → Tagalog: tore

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West Flemish

Etymology

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

Noun

torre m

1. tower