FromLatinturris, turrem, fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis),τύρσις(túrsis).
FromLatinturris, turrem, fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis),τύρσις(túrsis).
Chess pieces in Asturian ·pieces d'axedrez(layout ·text) | |||||
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rei | dama,reina | torre | alfil | caballu | peón |
Inherited fromOld Catalantorre~torra, fromLatinturrem, fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis).
Chess pieces in Catalan ·peces d'escacs(layout ·text) | |||||
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rei | reina,dama | torre | alfil | cavall | peó |
torre
torre
FromOld Galician-Portuguesetorre, fromLatinturris, turrem(“tower”), borrowed fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis).
Chess pieces in Galician ·pezas dexadrez(layout ·text) | |||||
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rei | dama,raíña | torre,roque | alfil | cabalo | peón |
torre
FromLatinturrem, fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis),τύρσις(túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterraneansubstrate loan.
Chess pieces in Italian ·pezzi degliscacchi(layout ·text) | |||||
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re | regina, donna | torre | alfiere | cavallo | pedone |
FromLatintollō(“to lift up; to take away”), fromProto-Italic*tolnō, fromProto-Indo-European*tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from the root*telh₂-(“to bear, carry”).
tòrre (first-person singular presenttòlgo,first-person singular past historictòlsi,past participletòlto,first-person singular imperfecttogliévo,auxiliaryavére)(archaic, poetic)
In modern usage, chiefly spelledtôrre ortòrre to distinguish it from the more commontórre(“tower”).
infinitive | tòrre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | toglièndo | |||
present participle | togliènte | past participle | tòlto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | tòlgo | tògli | tòglie | togliàmo | togliéte | tòlgono |
imperfect | togliévo | togliévi | togliéva | toglievàmo | toglievàte | togliévano |
past historic | tòlsi | togliésti | tòlse | togliémmo | togliéste | tòlsero |
future | torrò | torrài | torrà | torrémo | torréte | torrànno |
conditional | torrèi | torrésti | torrèbbe,torrébbe | torrémmo | torréste | torrèbbero,torrébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | tòlga | tòlga | tòlga | togliàmo | togliàte | tòlgano |
imperfect | togliéssi | togliéssi | togliésse | togliéssimo | togliéste | togliéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
tògli | tòlga | togliàmo | togliéte | tòlgano | ||
negative imperative | nontòrre | nontòlga | nontogliàmo | nontogliéte | nontòlgano |
Borrowed fromPortuguesetorre.
torre
torrē
FromOld Norseþorri. Akin toFaroesetorri andIcelandicþorri.
torre m (definite singulartorren,indefinite pluraltorrar,definite pluraltorrane)
FromOld Occitantorre, fromLatinturris, turrem, fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis),τύρσις(túrsis).
torre
FromLatinturris, turrem.
torre f (oblique pluraltorres,nominative singulartorre,nominative pluraltorres)
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesetorre(“tower”), fromLatinturrem(“tower”), fromAncient Greekτύρσις(túrsis,“tower, bastion”).
Cognate withGalician,Spanish,Catalan,Occitan, andItaliantorre andFrenchtour.
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Chess pieces in Portuguese ·peças dexadrez(layout ·text) | |||||
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rei | rainha,dama | torre | bispo | cavalo | peão |
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
torre
Inherited fromOld Spanishtorre, inherited fromLatinturrem, turris, borrowed fromAncient Greekτύρρις(túrrhis,“tower, bastion”).
torre
Chess pieces in Spanish ·piezas deajedrez(layout ·text) | |||||
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rey | dama,reina | torre,roque | alfil | caballo | peón |
torre
FromMiddle Dutchtorre, fromOld Dutchturn, fromOld Frenchtur, fromLatinturris.
torre m