torno

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtor.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtor.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtoɾ.no]

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

From Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), from τείρειν (teírein, “to pierce”).^[1] The "peg" and derived meanings came probably from the peg of a lathe or a winch. Compare also Spanish tornillo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾno̝/

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe
2. turntable, lazy Susan
3. winch

   Synonyms: angarela, guindastre

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:

     et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras

     And the same from the Torre del Oro [a castle in Seville]: they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways

4. place where the water of a ditch can be diverted to one place or another
5. peg, pin

   Synonyms: bruón, chavella, pígaro

6. screw

   Synonym: parafuso

7. spigot

   Synonym: espita

8. spout of a fountain

   Synonyms: cano, picho

   • 1418, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 197:

     como os canos porque ben a augua aa praza do campo da dita çidade esten gardados e reparados en tal maneira que a augoa que por eles ben e ha de bir a os tornos da dita praça do campo

     that the ducts that bring the water to the Praza [Square] do Campo of this city must be guarded and repaired, so that the water that run along them should come to the spouts of the aforementioned Praza do Campo

9. immature mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

   Synonym: xarda

• tornear
• torneira
• torno de oleiro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “torno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.no/
• Rhymes: -orno
• Hyphenation: tór‧no

torno m (plural torni)

1. (archaic) alternative form of tornio (“lathe”)

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornare

• trono

From tornus (“lathe”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔr.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɔr.no]

tornō (present infinitive tornāre, perfect active tornāvī, supine tornātum); first conjugation

1. to turn
2. to round off, make round (by turning on a lathe)

• “torno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Inherited from Latin tornum, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “lathe”).

• Hyphenation: tor‧no

torno m (plural tornos, metaphonic)

1. lathe

• tornear

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: tor‧no

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

• “torno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “torno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “torno”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “torno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “torno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾno/ [ˈt̪oɾ.no]

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• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: tor‧no

From Latin tornus.

torno m (plural tornos)

1. lathe
2. winch

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

torno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornar

• “torno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024