tormentum

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

affres de la mort

angoisse de la mort

calvaire

tourment

torturez

torturons

torturent

Synonymes

cruciamentum

tortura

Traductions

tormento

tortura

Kummer

suplici

Kanon

Kanone

turment

Qual

Schmerz

Todesangst

πόνος

newel

torment

torture

كرب

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[tɔrˈmɛn.tũː]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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