torno

Asturian

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), from τείρειν (teírein, “to pierce”). The "peg" and derived meanings came probably from the peg of a lathe or a winch. Compare also Spanish tornillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾno̝/

Noun

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe
2. turntable, lazy Susan
3. winch

   Synonyms: angarela, guindastre

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:

     et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras

     And the same from the Torre del Oro : they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways

4. place where the water of a ditch can be diverted to one place or another
5. peg, pin

   Synonyms: bruón, chavella, pígaro

6. screw

   Synonym: parafuso

7. spigot

   Synonym: espita

8. spout of a fountain

   Synonyms: cano, picho

   • 1418, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 197:

     como os canos porque ben a augua aa praza do campo da dita çidade esten gardados e reparados en tal maneira que a augoa que por eles ben e ha de bir a os tornos da dita praça do campo

     that the ducts that bring the water to the Praza do Campo of this city must be guarded and repaired, so that the water that run along them should come to the spouts of the aforementioned Praza do Campo

9. immature mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

   Synonym: xarda

Derived terms

• tornear
• torneira
• torno de oleiro

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.no/
• Rhymes: -orno
• Hyphenation: tór‧no

Etymology 1

Noun

torno m (plural torni)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of tornio (“lathe”)

Etymology 2

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornare

Anagrams

• trono

Latin

Etymology

From tornus (“lathe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.noː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.no/,

Verb

tornō (present infinitive tornāre, perfect active tornāvī, supine tornātum); first conjugation

1. to turn
2. to round off, make round (by turning on a lathe)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• “torno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin tornus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tor‧no

Noun

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe

Derived terms

• tornear

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tor‧no

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Further reading

• “torno” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾno/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: tor‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin tornus.

Noun

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe
2. winch

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Further reading

• “torno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014