Tor
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔɹ/
Proper noun
Tor
- Abbreviation of Toronto.
- (computing) Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.
Alternative forms
- Tor., TOR
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Tor
Declension
| Inflection of Tor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tor | — | |
| genitive | Torin | — | |
| partitive | Toria | — | |
| illative | Toriin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tor | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Tor | — |
| gen. | Torin | ||
| genitive | Torin | — | |
| partitive | Toria | — | |
| inessive | Torissa | — | |
| elative | Torista | — | |
| illative | Toriin | — | |
| adessive | Torilla | — | |
| ablative | Torilta | — | |
| allative | Torille | — | |
| essive | Torina | — | |
| translative | Toriksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Toritta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Related terms
German
Alternative forms
- Thor (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːɐ̯/
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
- Homophone: Thor
Etymology 1
From Old High German tor.
Noun
Tor n (genitive Tors or Tores, plural Tore)
- gate, (a building with) a big doorway
- gate, a big door
- Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor - This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it. (funny road sign)
- goal (in football/soccer and ballgames)
Declension
Derived terms
- Scheunentor
- Sternentor
- torarm
Etymology 2
From Middle High German tor.
Noun
Tor m (genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin)
- (dated or literary) fool
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"
- Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.
- Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.
- Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.
- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" (german translation by Theodor Etzel)
- Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor.«
- Said the Raven: "Never, you fool."
- Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor.«
- Synonym: Narr
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"
Declension
Related terms
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.
Proper noun
Tor
- (Norse mythology) Thor.
- A male given name..
Related terms
male given names
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Tor m
Swedish
Etymology
Proper noun
Tor c (genitive Tors)
- (Norse mythology) Thor, god of thunder.
- A male given name., short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-.
Related terms
Turkish
Proper noun
Tor
- A male given name.
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