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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Noun
torre f (plural torres)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “torre”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).
Noun
torre f (plural torres)
See also
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan torre~torra, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).
Pronunciation
Noun
torre f (plural torres)
- tower
- (chess) rook or castle
- (castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc
- (historical) an agricultural estate on the outskirts of a town farmed by a tenant farmer
- villa
Derived terms
See also
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References
- “torre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “torre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “torre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “torre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chavacano
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
torre
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Noun
torre
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese torre, from Latin turris, turrem (“tower”), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).
Pronunciation
Noun
torre f (plural torres)
- (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
- (architecture) tower
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
- prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
- they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
- (chess) rook
- Synonym: roque
Derived terms
- Datorre
- Torre
See also
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “torre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
torre
- inflection of torrar:
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