Tor
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tor"
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Tor
- (computing) Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.
Etymology 2
Clipping of Toronto.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Tor
- Abbreviation of Toronto.
See also
Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
- (given name) Thor
Etymology
Proper noun
Tor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- a male given name from Old Norse
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tor
Declension
| Inflection of Tor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Tor | — | ||
| genitive | Torin | — | ||
| partitive | Toria | — | ||
| illative | Toriin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Tor | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Tor | — | |
| gen. | Torin | |||
| genitive | Torin | — | ||
| partitive | Toria | — | ||
| inessive | Torissa | — | ||
| elative | Torista | — | ||
| illative | Toriin | — | ||
| adessive | Torilla | — | ||
| ablative | Torilta | — | ||
| allative | Torille | — | ||
| essive | Torina | — | ||
| translative | Toriksi | — | ||
| abessive | Toritta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from Proto-West Germanic *dor, from Proto-Germanic *durą.
Noun
Tor n (strong, genitive Tores or Tors, plural Tore)
- gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
- gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
- Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.
- This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it.
- (figurative) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)
- Cham, das Tor zum Bayerwald - Cham, the gateway to the Bavarian Forest
- (sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
- (sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)
Declension
Declension of Tor
Hyponyms
gate
sports
Derived terms
Related terms
sports
Etymology 2
From Middle High German tōre (literally “hazy, foggy”), from the root of Dunst (“haze”).
Noun
Tor m (weak, genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin)
- (dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
- Synonym: Narr
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Prolog im Himmel”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:
- Fürwahr! er dient euch auf besondre Weise. / Nicht irdisch ist des Thoren Trank noch Speise.
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- 2nd half of the 18th century, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Prometheus (transl. "Prometheus")
- Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.
- Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.
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- Said the Raven: "Never, you fool."
Declension
Declension of Tor
Related terms
Further reading
- “Tor” in Duden online
- “Tor” in Duden online
- “Tor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Tor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Norwegian Nynorsk Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.
Proper noun
Tor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- a male given name from Old Norse
Related terms
male given names
female given names
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tor m (definite Toren)
- (Norse mythology) Thor
- a male given name from Old Norse
Derived terms
Related terms
male given names
female given names
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Thor, fromOld Norse Þórr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tor m
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tor m (genitive Tors)
- (Norse mythology) Thor, god of thunder.
- a male given name from Old Norse, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-
Related terms
References
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
Tor
- a male given name