torrione

Meaning

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

Concepts

keep

tower

conning tower

dungeon

stronghold

Translations

donjon

torreón

torre

Turm

torre de menagem

torre de l'homenatge

torre de mando

Verlies

Bergfried

κεντρικός πύργος

cachot

homenatge

toren

torre de control

Hyphenated as

tor‧rió‧ne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/torˈrjo.ne/

Etymology

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