different between sorr vs torr

English

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of sir.

Noun

sorr (plural sorrs)

1. (Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of sir.

Anagrams

• RORs

English

Alternative forms

• Torr (symbol)

Etymology

Named for Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist

Noun

torr (plural torrs or torr)

1. A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals

Synonyms

• millimeter of mercury, millimetre of mercury (not exactly synonyms, but practically equal)

Translations

Anagrams

• rort

Czech

Noun

torr m

1. torr (unit of pressure)

Further reading

• torr in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• torr in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 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

Italian

Noun

torr m (invariable)

1. (meteorology) torr (unit of pressure)

Lombard

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor/, /tur/

Noun

torr ?

1. tower

Old English

Alternative forms

• t?r, tor

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torr/, [tor?]

Noun

torr m

1. tower

Declension

Synonyms

• st?epel m

Derived terms

• f?rtorr m

Descendants

• Middle English: tour, tur, tor
  • English: tower
    • ? German: Tower
    • ? Hindi: ???? (??var)
    • ? Japanese: ??? (taw?)
    • ? Korean: ?? (tawo)
    • ? Northern Kurdish: tawer
    • ? Punjabi: ???? (??var)
  • Scots: tour, towr

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: torr

Noun

torr m (plural torrs)

1. torr (unit of pressure)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *térsus, from *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

torr (comparative torrare, superlative torrast)

1. dry
2. boring and unexciting

Declension

Noun

torr ?

1. torr; a unit of pressure

Anagrams

• tror