torrione

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine) keep, large tower
2. (masculine) conning tower
3. (masculine) dungeon

Concepts

donjon

cachot

Traductions

keep

tower

torreón

torre

Turm

torre de menagem

torre de mando

Verlies

Bergfried

κεντρικός πύργος

conning tower

dungeon

masmorra

stronghold

homenatge

Coupé comme

tor‧rió‧ne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/torˈrjo.ne/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From torre (“tower”) + -one (augmentative suffix), with an infixed -i- of uncertain origin, possibly inserted to avoid confusion with torrone.