# torre
## Aragonese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* tower

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “torre”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* tower
* (chess) rook

### See also

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan torre~torra, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈto.rə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈto.re]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ore

### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* tower
* (chess) rook or castle
* (castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc
* (historical) an agricultural estate on the outskirts of a town farmed by a tenant farmer
* villa

#### Derived terms

* Torre de Babel
* torre Eiffel
* de franc
* torreta

### See also

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

### References

* “torre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “torre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “torre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “torre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish torre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtore/, [ˈt̪o.re]
* IPA: /ˈtoɾi/, [ˈt̪o.ɾi] (Ternateño)
* Hyphenation: to‧rre

### Noun

torre
* tower

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

From Spanish torre.

### Noun

torre
* tower.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese torre, from Latin turris, turrem (“tower”), borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtorɪ]

#### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* (architecture, military) stronghold, keep, tower house
* (architecture) tower
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torrethey tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
* (chess) rook
    Synonym: roque

##### Derived terms

* Datorre
* Torre

##### See also

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

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “torre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

torre
* inflection of torrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtor.re/
* Homophone: Torre
* Rhymes: -orre
* Hyphenation: tór‧re

#### Noun

torre f (plural torri)
* tower
* (chess) rook

##### Derived terms

* torracchione
* torraiolo
* Torrazzo
* torre d'avvistamento
* torre di comando
* torre di controllo
* torre di Pisa
* torre Eiffel
* torre pendente
* torreggiare
* torretta
* Torri Gemelle
* torriere
* 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 tollō (“to lift up; to take away”), from Proto-Italic *tolnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from the root *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔr.re/
* Rhymes: -ɔrre
* Hyphenation: tòr‧re

#### Verb

tòrre (first-person singular present tòlgo, first-person singular past historic tòlsi, past participle tòlto, first-person singular imperfect togliévo, auxiliary avére) (literary, archaic)
* (literary, archaic) Alternative form of togliere

##### Conjugation
### References

* 1 2 torre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* retro, retro-, retrò, rétro, terrò

## Kinikinao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese torre.

### Noun

torre
* 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.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtor.reː/, [ˈt̪ɔrːeː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈtor.re/, [ˈt̪ɔrːe]

### Verb

torrē
* second-person singular present active imperative of torreō

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* terre

### Etymology

From Old Norse þorri. Akin to Faroese torri and Icelandic þorri.

### Noun

torre m (definite singular torren, indefinite plural torrar, definite plural torrane)
* (historical, month) Thorri

### References

* “torre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* orter, retor, retro, retro-, roret, roter, torer, troer

## Occitan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtur.re/
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* tower
    Synonym: tor

### References

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 685.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtor.re/, [ˈtorˠ.rˠe]

### Noun

torre
* dative singular of torr

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin turris, turrem.

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* Occitan: torre

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, and Italian torre and French tour.

#### Alternative forms

* tôrre (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ʁi/ [ˈto.hi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ʁi/ [ˈto.hi]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈto.ʁi/ [ˈto.χi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ʁe/ [ˈto.he]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈto.ʁɨ/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: tor‧re

#### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* tower
    A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade. ― The tower provides a panoramic view of the city.
* (chess) rook
* skyscraper
    Synonyms: arranha-céu, arranha-céus

##### Descendants

* → Kinikinao: torre

#### See also

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɔ.ʁi/ [ˈtɔ.hi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɔ.ʁi/ [ˈtɔ.hi]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈtɔ.ʁi/ [ˈtɔ.χi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɔ.ʁe/ [ˈtɔ.he]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɔ.ʁɨ/
* Hyphenation: tor‧re

#### Verb

torre
* inflection of torrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “torre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “torre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “torre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “torre”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtore/ [ˈt̪o.re]
* Rhymes: -ore
* Syllabification: to‧rre

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish torre, inherited from Latin turrem, turris, borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis, “tower, bastion”).

#### Noun

torre f (plural torres)
* tower
* (chess) rook
    Synonym: roque
* skyscraper (high building)
    Synonym: rascacielos

##### Derived terms

* Torre de Babel
* torre de control
* torre de gradiente
* torre de marfil
* torre de viento
* torre del homenaje
* torre Eiffel
* torrecilla
* torrero

##### Descendants

* → Basque: dorre
* → Ilocano: torre
* → Quechua: turri
* → Tagalog: tore

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

torre
* inflection of torrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### See also

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

### Further reading

* “torre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* retro

## Swedish
### Adjective

torre
* definite natural masculine singular of torr

## West Flemish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

torre m
* tower