toren

See also: Toren and tören

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoː.rə(n)/, (Netherlands) [ˈtʊːrə(n)]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːrən
  • Hyphenation: to‧ren

Noun

toren m (plural torens, diminutive torentje n)

  1. a tower
  2. (chess) a rook
    Synonyms: kasteel, schaaktoren
  3. (nautical) the fin or sail of a submarine
    Synonym: sail

Derived terms

  • torenen, uittorenen

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: toring
  • Negerhollands: tooren, torm, toorn
  • → Aukan: tolen
  • → Saramaccan: tolu

See also

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning koningin, dame toren loper, bisschop, raadsheer paard pion

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

toren

  1. inflection of torar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch watertoren (“water tower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtorən]
  • Hyphenation: to‧rên

Noun

torên (plural toren-toren)

  1. (colloquial) water tower
    Synonym: menara air
  2. (colloquial) water tank
    Synonyms: tandon, tangki

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto.ren/

Participle

toren

  1. past participle of teran
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