torre

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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

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
  2. (chess) rook

See also

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

Catalan

Torre de 8 amb folre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

See also

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

References

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish torre.

Noun

torre

  1. tower.

Galician

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

References

  • “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.

Etymology 2

Verb

torre

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

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

torre f (plural torri)

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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
    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

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.

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

torrē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. (historical, month) Thorri

References

Anagrams

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

  1. tower
    Synonym: tor

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin turris, turrem.

Noun

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

  1. tower

Descendants

  • Occitan: torre

Portuguese

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torre

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

  • 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: arranha-céu, arranha-céus
Descendants

See also

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: tor‧re

Verb

torre

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtore/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Syllabification: to‧rre

Etymology 1

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

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

torre

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

See also

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

Further reading

Anagrams

West Flemish

Etymology

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

Noun

torre m

  1. tower
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