tor
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See also: Tor and Appendix:Variations of "tor"
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /tɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔː/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /toː/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /tɔːɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: torr; tore (horse–hoarse merger); tour (UK, pour–poor merger); taw (non-rhotic)
Etymology 1
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), of non-Indo-European origin.
Cognate with Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr, Welsh tŵr, Irish tor, French tor, and Romansch tor/tur/tuor; the first four are Celtic (from Latin turris), the last two directly from Latin turris (from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) and τύρσις (túrsis)). It is not clear whether the Celtic forms were borrowed from Old English or vice versa. Doublet of tourelle, tower, and turret.
Noun
tor (plural tors)
- (geology) A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
- 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 183:
- Bursdon and Welsford were then, as now, a rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree, […]
- 1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 9, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC:
- The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
- (South-West England) A hill with such rock formation.
- 2008, Lydia Joyce, Shadows of the Night, Signet Eclipse, →ISBN, page 242:
- She had slipped the letters into her pocket next to the packet of antique documents and had taken an umbrella—as the sky was ominous out over the distant tors—and strolled around the manor house and down the road toward the village.
Translations
hill — see hill
Etymology 2
Adjective
tor (comparative more tor, superlative most tor)
- Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").
See also
Anagrams
Etymology
From Dutch tor, from Middle Dutch torre. Compare the probably cognate Germanic etymology of English dor.
Pronunciation
Noun
tor (plural torre)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
tor first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative tore, past participle turate)
Related terms
See also
| Cyrillic | تور | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Common Turkic *tor. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tor, “net”), Southern Altai тор (tor, “net”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
tor (definite accusative toru, plural torlar)
Declension
| Possessive forms of tor | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | torum | torlarım | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | torun | torların | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | toru | torları | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | torumuz | torlarımız | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | torunuz | torlarınız | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | toru or torları | torları | ||||||
| accusative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | torumu | torlarımı | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | torunu | torlarını | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | torunu | torlarını | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | torumuzu | torlarımızı | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | torunuzu | torlarınızı | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | torunu or torlarını | torlarını | ||||||
| dative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | toruma | torlarıma | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | toruna | torlarına | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | toruna | torlarına | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | torumuza | torlarımıza | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | torunuza | torlarınıza | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | toruna or torlarına | torlarına | ||||||
| locative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | torumda | torlarımda | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | torunda | torlarında | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | torunda | torlarında | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | torumuzda | torlarımızda | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | torunuzda | torlarınızda | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | torunda or torlarında | torlarında | ||||||
| ablative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | torumdan | torlarımdan | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | torundan | torlarından | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | torundan | torlarından | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | torumuzdan | torlarımızdan | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | torunuzdan | torlarınızdan | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | torundan or torlarından | torlarından | ||||||
| genitive | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | torumun | torlarımın | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | torunun | torlarının | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | torunun | torlarının | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | torumuzun | torlarımızın | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | torunuzun | torlarınızın | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | torunun or torlarının | torlarının | ||||||
Etymology
From Middle Breton torr, teur, from Old Breton tar, from Proto-Celtic *torr-V- (“belly”), of uncertain origin; according to Matasovic, of non-Indo-European origin, but according to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to turn, rub”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“guts, intestines”), Ancient Greek τάμισος (támisos, “rennet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tor m (plural torioù, collective toroù)
Synonyms
Noun
tor
- Hard mutation of dor.
Mutation
Mutation of tor
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “torrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tor”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page tàrr
Etymology
From Middle High German tor, from Old High German tor, from Proto-Germanic *durą (“large door; gate”). Cognate with German Tor, English door.
Noun
tor n (Luserna)
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Pronunciation
Verb
tor
Etymology
From Middle Dutch torre, of uncertain origin, possibly an imitative Middle Dutch base turren (“buzz”). Compare cognate West Frisian tuorre, toarre.
Pronunciation
Noun
tor f (plural torren, diminutive torretje n)
- beetle, insect of the order Coleoptera
Synonyms
Derived terms
- boktor
- kniptor
- meeltor
- schildpadtor
- watertor
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tor
Further reading
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tor”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tor (plural torok)
- (literary, archaic or folksy) meal, repast, feast (ceremonial meal held after weddings, funerals, or other special occasions)
- Synonym: lakoma
- halotti tor ― funeral feast
- disznótor ― meal on pig-killing day (literally, “pig meal”)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tor | torok |
| accusative | tort | torokat |
| dative | tornak | toroknak |
| instrumental | torral | torokkal |
| causal-final | torért | torokért |
| translative | torrá | torokká |
| terminative | torig | torokig |
| essive-formal | torként | torokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | torban | torokban |
| superessive | toron | torokon |
| adessive | tornál | toroknál |
| illative | torba | torokba |
| sublative | torra | torokra |
| allative | torhoz | torokhoz |
| elative | torból | torokból |
| delative | torról | torokról |
| ablative | tortól | toroktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
toré | toroké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
toréi | torokéi |
| Possessive forms of tor | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | torom | toraim |
| 2nd person sing. | torod | toraid |
| 3rd person sing. | tora | torai |
| 1st person plural | torunk | toraink |
| 2nd person plural | torotok | toraitok |
| 3rd person plural | toruk | toraik |
Derived terms
- disznótor
Etymology 2
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “breastplate, chest”), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
Noun
tor (plural torok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tor | torok |
| accusative | tort | torokat |
| dative | tornak | toroknak |
| instrumental | torral | torokkal |
| causal-final | torért | torokért |
| translative | torrá | torokká |
| terminative | torig | torokig |
| essive-formal | torként | torokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | torban | torokban |
| superessive | toron | torokon |
| adessive | tornál | toroknál |
| illative | torba | torokba |
| sublative | torra | torokra |
| allative | torhoz | torokhoz |
| elative | torból | torokból |
| delative | torról | torokról |
| ablative | tortól | toroktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
toré | toroké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
toréi | torokéi |
| Possessive forms of tor | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | torom | toraim |
| 2nd person sing. | torod | toraid |
| 3rd person sing. | tora | torai |
| 1st person plural | torunk | toraink |
| 2nd person plural | torotok | toraitok |
| 3rd person plural | toruk | toraik |
Further reading
- (ceremonial meal): tor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (thorax): tor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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