torre

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

See also

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

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Catalan

Torre de 8 amb folre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈto.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.re/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ore

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

• Torre de Babel
• torre Eiffel
• de franc
• torreta

See also

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

References

• “torre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “torre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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

Torre dos Andrade, Pontedeume

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtorɪ]

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

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
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.

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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

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

 

Related terms

• turricolato
• turrito

See also

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
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

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

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		nontòrre	non tòlga	non togliàmo	non togliéte	non tòlgano

Anagrams

• retro, 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

torrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

• “torre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• orter, retor, retro, retro-, roret, roter, torer, troer

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.re/

• Audio (Languedocien)

  (file)

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

   Synonym: tor

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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

• Occitan: torre

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Portuguese

torre

Etymology 1

From Old 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

• tôrre (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁi/ [ˈto.hi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁi/ [ˈto.hi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁi/ [ˈto.χi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁe/ [ˈto.he]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ʁ(ɨ)/

• 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

• → Kinikinao: torre

See also

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁi/ [ˈtɔ.hi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁi/ [ˈtɔ.hi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁi/ [ˈtɔ.χi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁe/ [ˈtɔ.he]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʁ(ɨ)/

Verb

torre

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtore/ [ˈt̪o.re]
• Rhymes: -ore
• Syllabification: to‧rre

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

   Synonym: roque

3. skyscraper (high building)

   Synonym: rascacielos

Derived terms

• torrecilla
• Torre de Babel
• torre de control
• torre de gradiente
• torre de marfil
• torre Eiffel
• torrero

 

Descendants

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

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)
rey	dama, reina	torre, roque	alfil	caballo	peón

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• retro

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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