torre

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) tower
2. (feminine) rook
3. (feminine) skyscraper

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of torrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of torrar:

torrar

1. (transitive) to roast; to toast (to cook food so that it is dry and crisp)
2. (transitive) to roast; to torrefy (to subject to intense heat)
3. (intransitive) to roast; to torrefy (to be subject to intense heat)
4. (colloquial, transitive) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money

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Sinonieme

roque

Torres

casa de Deus

Casa de Deus

Vertalings

torre

tour

Turm

torre

toren

tower

torre

turris

πύργος

rook

torre

kale

rocco

castel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈto.ʁi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: turris

Verwante met Frans: tour

In summary

Inherited 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.