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.

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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
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Czech

Noun

torr m inan

  1. torr (unit of pressure)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • torr in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • torr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 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

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turris.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /torr/, [torˠ]

Noun

torr m

  1. tower

Declension
Declension of torr (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative torr torras
accusative torr torras
genitive torres torra
dative torre torrum

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

Portuguese

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Noun

torr m (plural torrs)

  1. torr (unit of pressure)

Swedish

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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 Superlative2
Common singular torr torrare torrast
Neuter singular torrt torrare torrast
Plural torra torrare torrast
Masculine plural3 torre torrare torrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 torre torrare torraste
All torra torrare torraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
Derived terms

Noun

torr ?

  1. torr; a unit of pressure

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