tormentum

Significat (Anglès)

1. (declension-2, neuter) an engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile thrown by this, artillery
2. (declension-2, neuter) a (twisted) cord or rope
3. (declension-2, neuter) an instrument of torture
4. (declension-2, neuter) torture, anguish, pain, torment
5. (declension-2, neuter) a clothes press, mangle
6. (New-Latin, declension-2, neuter) gun, cannon

Conceptes

tortura

turment

suplici

Sinònims

cruciamentum

tortura

Traduccions

tormento

Kanon

Todesangst

Kummer

Qual

Schmerz

Kanone

πόνος

newel

torment

torture

affres de la mort

angoisse de la mort

calvaire

كرب

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[tɔrˈmɛn.tũː]

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Proto-Italic *torkmentom. Related to torqueō (“twist, bend, wind”).