different between terr vs torr

English

Etymology

Abbreviated form of terrorist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

terr (plural terrs)

1. (derogatory, Rhodesia) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
   • 2008, Alexandre Binda, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 30° South Publishers, page 92:

     As he entered the trees, he called, "Terrs left about one minute ago – in a hurry. There is abandoned equipment – no time to collect – moving east on tracks."

   • c. 1970, John Edmond, Black Boots (song), in Troopiesongs (album):

     If a terr's on the run or if he goes to ground,

     It doesn't really matter 'cause they'll hunt him down.

     And if that terr's the first that shoots,

     He got no chance against the Black Boots.

   Synonyms: floppy, gook

Albanian

Etymology

A t- prefixed oblique case of err.

Noun

terr m (indefinite plural terra, definite singular terri, definite plural terrat)

1. dark

See also

• err

Derived terms

• terrtohem

Related terms

• err

Middle English

Noun

terr

1. Alternative form of ter

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