torno

See also: Torno, tornó, and tornò

Asturian

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtor.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtor.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtoɾ.no]

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Galician

Fonte dos tornos, Pontevedra

Etymology 1

From Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), from τείρειν (teírein, “to pierce”). The "peg" and derived meanings came probably from the peg of a lathe or a winch. Compare also Spanish tornillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾno̝/

Noun

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe
2. turntable, lazy Susan
3. winch

   Synonyms: angarela, guindastre

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:

     et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras

     And the same from the Torre del Oro [a castle in Seville]: they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways

4. place where the water of a ditch can be diverted to one place or another
5. peg, pin

   Synonyms: bruón, chavella, pígaro

6. screw

   Synonym: parafuso

7. spigot

   Synonym: espita

8. spout of a fountain

   Synonyms: cano, picho

   • 1418, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 197:

     como os canos porque ben a augua aa praza do campo da dita çidade esten gardados e reparados en tal maneira que a augoa que por eles ben e ha de bir a os tornos da dita praça do campo

     that the ducts that bring the water to the Praza [Square] do Campo of this city must be guarded and repaired, so that the water that run along them should come to the spouts of the aforementioned Praza do Campo

9. immature mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

   Synonym: xarda

Derived terms

• tornear
• torneira
• torno de oleiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “torno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torno”, 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), “torno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.no/
• Rhymes: -orno
• Hyphenation: tór‧no

Etymology 1

Noun

torno m (plural torni)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of tornio (“lathe”)

Etymology 2

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornare

Anagrams

• trono

Latin

Etymology

From tornus (“lathe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.noː/, [ˈt̪ɔrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.no/, [ˈt̪ɔrno]

Verb

tornō (present infinitive tornāre, perfect active tornāvī, supine tornātum); first conjugation

1. to turn
2. to round off, make round (by turning on a lathe)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tornō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tornō	tornās	tornat	tornāmus	tornātis	tornant
	imperfect	tornābam	tornābās	tornābat	tornābāmus	tornābātis	tornābant
	future	tornābō	tornābis	tornābit	tornābimus	tornābitis	tornābunt
	perfect	tornāvī	tornāvistī	tornāvit	tornāvimus	tornāvistis	tornāvērunt, tornāvēre
	pluperfect	tornāveram	tornāverās	tornāverat	tornāverāmus	tornāverātis	tornāverant
	future perfect	tornāverō	tornāveris	tornāverit	tornāverimus	tornāveritis	tornāverint
passive	present	tornor	tornāris, tornāre	tornātur	tornāmur	tornāminī	tornantur
	imperfect	tornābar	tornābāris, tornābāre	tornābātur	tornābāmur	tornābāminī	tornābantur
	future	tornābor	tornāberis, tornābere	tornābitur	tornābimur	tornābiminī	tornābuntur
	perfect	tornātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tornātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tornātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tornem	tornēs	tornet	tornēmus	tornētis	tornent
imperfect	tornārem	tornārēs	tornāret	tornārēmus	tornārētis	tornārent
perfect	tornāverim	tornāverīs	tornāverit	tornāverīmus	tornāverītis	tornāverint
pluperfect	tornāvissem	tornāvissēs	tornāvisset	tornāvissēmus	tornāvissētis	tornāvissent
passive	present	torner	tornēris, tornēre	tornētur	tornēmur	tornēminī	tornentur
imperfect	tornārer	tornārēris, tornārēre	tornārētur	tornārēmur	tornārēminī	tornārentur
perfect	tornātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	tornātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tornā	—	—	tornāte	—
	future	—	tornātō	tornātō	—	tornātōte	tornantō
passive	present	—	tornāre	—	—	tornāminī	—
	future	—	tornātor	tornātor	—	—	tornantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tornāre	tornāvisse	tornātūrum esse	tornārī	tornātum esse	tornātum īrī
participles		tornāns	—	tornātūrus	—	tornātus	tornandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tornandī	tornandō	tornandum	tornandō	tornātum	tornātū

Descendants

• Aragonese: tornar
• Aromanian: tornu, turnari
• Asturian: tornar
• Catalan: tornar
• Dalmatian: tornuar
• Franco-Provençal: tornar
• French: tourner
• Friulian: tornâ
• Galician: tornar
• Istriot: turnà
• Istro-Romanian: turnå
• Italian: tornare
• Norman: touônner (Jersey)
• Occitan: tornar
• Portuguese: tornar
• Romanian: turna, turnare
• Romansch: turnar, turner, tuornar
• Sardinian: torràe, torrài, torrare
• Sicilian: turnari
• Spanish: tornar
• Venetan: tornar
• Walloon: tourner
• → Proto-West Germanic: *turnēn (see there for further descendants)

References

• “torno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin tornus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.nu/ [ˈtoɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.nu/ [ˈtoɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɻ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.nu/

• Hyphenation: tor‧no

Noun

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe

Derived terms

• tornear

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ.nu/ [ˈtɔɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ.nu/ [ˈtɔɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɻ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾ.nu/

• Hyphenation: tor‧no

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Further reading

• “torno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾno/ [ˈt̪oɾ.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: tor‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin tornus.

Noun

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe
2. winch

Derived terms

• en torno
• en torno a
• en torno de
• entorno
• tornear
• tornillo

 

Related terms

• tornar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

Further reading

• “torno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10