different between torr vs torc

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??(?)k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k
• Homophones: torq, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

1. Alternative spelling of torque (necklace)

Anagrams

• -cort, -cort-, COTR, Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, cort-, ctor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• torcu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torc?, from Latin torque?. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

Verb

torc (third-person singular present indicative tortsi, past participle torse)

1. I spin (yarn).

Related terms

• turtseri
• tors
• stãcor
• turte

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t?????k/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t?????k/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)
2. portly, corpulent, person; man of substance

Derived terms

• toirceoil f (“boar meat, brawn”)
• torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
• torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
• torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. torque (braided necklace or collar)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English torque, from Latin torque? (“I twist”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (physics) torque

Declension

Mutation

References

• "torc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tork/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”) (compare Welsh twrch).

Noun

torc m

1. boar
2. chieftain, hero

Inflection

Derived terms

• torcda

Descendants

• Irish: torc
• Scottish Gaelic: torc

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

1. torque (necklace)

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: torc

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Verb

torc

1. first-person singular present indicative of toarce
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of toarce
3. third-person plural present indicative of toarce

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

1. boar

Derived terms

• torc allaidh
• torc fiadhaich

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language