torn

English

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torn

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

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

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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 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

Anagrams

• -tron, ront, tron

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tornus. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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

References

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

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

References

• torn in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Further reading

• “torn”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

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

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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

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/,

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

torn

1. bitter; painful; severe

Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

torn n (nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress

Declension

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

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
kung	dam, drottning	torn	löpare	springare, häst	bonde

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

Derived terms

References

• torn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• torn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• torn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• torn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• tron