torr

See also: Torr and tòrr

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English torr, from Old English torr.

Noun

torr (plural torrs)

1. Archaic form of tor.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Torricelli; named after Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), who discovered the principle of the barometer.

Alternative forms

• Torr

Noun

torr (plural torrs or torr)

1. (metrology) A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals.

   Synonyms: (symbol) Torr, (not exactly synonyms, but practically equal) millimeter of mercury

Translations

unit of pressure

• Czech: torr m
• Faroese: torr n
• Finnish: torri (fi)
• Italian: torr (it) m
• Polish: tor (pl) m
• Portuguese: torr m
• Swedish: torr (sv)

See also

• tor
• Tor
• TOR

 

Anagrams

• rort

Czech

Noun

torr m inan

1. torr (unit of pressure)

Declension

Declension of torr (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	torr	torry
genitive	torru	torrů
dative	torru	torrům
accusative	torr	torry
vocative	torre	torry
locative	torru	torrech
instrumental	torrem	torry

Further reading

• “torr”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “torr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

Named for Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist

Noun

torr n (genitive singular tors, plural torr)

1. torr, approximately 1.316·10^-3 atmosphere or 133.3 pascals.

Declension

n9	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torr	torrið	torr	torrini
accusative	torr	torrið	torr	torrini
dative	torri	torrinum	torrum	torrunum
genitive	tors	torsins	torra	torranna

French

Noun

torr m (plural torrs)

1. torr

Further reading

• “torr”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

torr m (invariable)

1. (meteorology) torr (unit of pressure)

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor/, /tur/

Noun

torr ?

1. tower

Old English

Alternative forms

• tūr, tor

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torr/, [torˠ]

Noun

torr m

1. tower

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	torr	torras
accusative	torr	torras
genitive	torres	torra
dative	torre	torrum

Synonyms

• stīepel m

Derived terms

• fȳrtorr m

Descendants

• Middle English: tour, thour, tor, tore, toure, towere, towour, tur
  • English: tower (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: tour, towr
  • Yola: toweare

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔh]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/ [ˈtɔχ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʁ/

Noun

torr m (plural torrs)

1. torr (unit of pressure)

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from *ters- (“dry”).

Adjective

torr (comparative torrare, superlative torrast)

1. dry
2. (overly) matter-of-fact and humorless, dull

Declension

Inflection of torr

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	torr	torrare	torrast
neuter singular	torrt	torrare	torrast
plural	torra	torrare	torrast
masculine plural2	torre	torrare	torrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	torre	torrare	torraste
all	torra	torrare	torraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• torrboll (“bore”)

Etymology 2

Noun

torr ?

1. torr; a unit of pressure

References

• torr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• torr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• torr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tror