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

Lees verder

Concepten

toren

Eiffeltoren

Synoniemen

roque

Torres

casa de Deus

Casa de Deus

Vertalingen

torre

tour

Turm

torre

tower

torre

turris

πύργος

rook

torre

kale

rocco

castel

برج

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈto.ʁi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Latijn: turris

Verwant aan 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.