torre

Etymology

From Latin turris.

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

See also

Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text)
rei	dama, reina	torre	alfil	caballu	peón

Etymology

From Latin turris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈto.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.re/
• Rhymes: -ore

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook or castle

See also

Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text)
rei	reina, dama	torre	alfil	cavall	peó

Further reading

• “torre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin turris (“tower”), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
2. (architecture) tower
3. (chess) rook

   Synonym: roque

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
rei	raíña, dama	torre, roque	alfil	cabalo	peón

References

• “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “torre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “torre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “torre” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “torre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 1

From Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterranean substrate loan.

Noun

torre f (plural torri)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook, castle

Derived terms

Terms derived from torre

torracchione torraiolo Torrazzo torre d'avvistamento torre di comando

torre di controllo torre di Pisa torre Eiffel torreggiare torre pendente

torretta torriere Torri Gemelle torrigiano torrione

Related terms

• turricolato
• turrito

See also

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
re	regina, donna	torre	alfiere	cavallo	pedone

Etymology 2

From Latin tollere, infinitive of tollō (“to lift up; to take away”), from Proto-Italic *tolnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from the root *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”).

Anagrams

• retro, retrò, rétro
• terrò

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

Noun

torre

1. tower (tall structure)
   • Pitiwoko, A Cidade in 2008, Ilda de Souza, Koenukunoe emo'u: A língua dos índios Kinikinau, page 187:

     […] , muyopeti mopo'e torre kemomoati wanuke aoeti muyopeti.

     […] , and it wasn’t one of those important churches, stone walls with towers pointing to the sky.

Verb

torrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

Etymology

Latin turris.

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower

Etymology

Latin turris.

Noun

torre f (oblique plural torres, nominative singular torre, nominative plural torres)

1. tower

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), accusative singular of turris, from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).

Cognate with Galician torre, Spanish torre, Catalan torre, Occitan torre, French tour and Italian torre.

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
rei	rainha, dama	torre	bispo	cavalo	peão

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Old Spanish torre, from Latin turrem, accusative singular of turris, from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).

Noun

torre f (plural torres)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook
3. skyscraper (high building)

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
rey	reina, dama	torre, roque	alfil	caballo	peón

Etymology

From Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French tur, from Latin turris.

Noun

torre m

1. tower