torn

• (General American) enPR: tôrn, IPA^(key): /tɔɹn/

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• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôn, IPA^(key): /tɔːn/

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: tōrn, IPA^(key): /to(ː)ɹn/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /toən/
  • Homophone: tawn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

torn

1. past participle of tear

• The past participle of tear (produce liquid from the eyes), is teared.

torn (comparative more torn, superlative most torn)

1. Unable to decide between multiple options.

   I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.

2. (botany) Having marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.

• -tron, ront, tron

From Latin tornus. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtorn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtoɾn]

torn m (plural torns)

1. lathe, potter's wheel
2. turn, go (as in take turns or as a move in a game)

   Synonym: tanda

• tornejar

• “torn”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “torn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “torn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

torn

1. hard mutation of dorn
2. mixed mutation of dorn

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

torn c (singular definite tornen, plural indefinite torne)

1. thorn

• “torn” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Low German tōrn, from Old French tor.

torn (genitive torni, partitive torni)

1. tower

Declension of torn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		torn	tornid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	torni
genitive			tornide
partitive		torni	torne tornisid
illative		torni tornisse	tornidesse tornesse
inessive		tornis	tornides tornes
elative		tornist	tornidest tornest
allative		tornile	tornidele tornele
adessive		tornil	tornidel tornel
ablative		tornilt	tornidelt tornelt
translative		torniks	tornideks torneks
terminative		tornini	tornideni
essive		tornina	tornidena
abessive		tornita	tornideta
comitative		torniga	tornidega

• torn in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

• “torn”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔɻɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɻɳ

From Old Norse þorn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Norwegian Bokmål torn, Icelandic þyrnir, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

torn f (genitive singular tornar, plural tornir)

1. (botany) hawthorn bush; thorn

From late Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German torn, from Latin turris.

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. tower, belfry, spire
2. dungeon

• tornklokka
• klokkutorn

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural torner, definite plural tornene)

1. thorn

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural tornar, definite plural tornane)

1. thorn

• IPA^(key): /torn/, [torˠn]

From Proto-West Germanic *torn, from Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitter”).

torn (superlative tornost)

1. bitter; painful; severe

From Proto-West Germanic *torn, from Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitterness, anger”).

torn n (nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress, wrath
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Til biþ sē þe his trēowe ġehealdeþ, · ne sċeal nǣfre his torn tō ryċene
     beorn of his brēostum ācȳþan, · nemþe hē ǣr þā bōte cunne,
     eorl mid elne ġefremman. · Wel bið þām þe him āre sēċeð,
     frōfre tō fæder on heofonum, · þǣr ūs eal sēo fæstnung stondeð.

     Good is that keeps his belief, should not ever unfold his wrath,
     fighter of his breasts, too quickly, unless before this help he would
     know how to help out a man with strength. It's good for him who seeks
     help from the Father in heavens, where this whole fastening stands for us.

Strong a-stem:

torn

1. inflection of turna:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

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From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German tōrn, tōren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.

torn n

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
kung	dam, drottning	torn	löpare	springare, häst	bonde

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn (English thorn). From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

torn c

1. (botany) thorn

• torn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• torn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• torn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• torn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• tron