English

Verb

torn

1. past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).

Usage notes

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tornus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torn/

Noun

torn m ‎(plural torns)

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

Cornish

Noun

torn

1. Hard mutation of dorn.
2. Mixed mutation of dorn.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trnus, *tr̥nom < *(s)tern- ‎(“sharp stalk or thorn”), possibly derived from *ster- ‎(“stiff”).

Noun

torn c (singular definite tornen, plural indefinite torne)

1. thorn

Declension

References

• “torn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þorn, Proto-Germanic *þurnuz ‎(“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *trnus, *tr̥nom < *(s)tern- ‎(“thorny bush, thorn”), a variant of the base *(s)ter-, *(s)terə- ‎(“rigid, stiff”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål torn, Icelandic þyrnir, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔɻɳ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɻɳ

Noun

torn f (genitive singular tornar, plural tornir)

1. (botany) thorn

Declension

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔdn]
• Rhymes: -ɔdn

Noun

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. thorn, name of the letter þ

Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɔɻɳ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɻɳ

Noun

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. tower

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trnus, *tr̥nom < *(s)tern- ‎(“sharp stalk or thorn”), possibly derived from *ster- ‎(“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

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

1. thorn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trnus, *tr̥nom < *(s)tern- ‎(“sharp stalk or thorn”), possibly derived from *ster- ‎(“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

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

1. thorn

Old English

Pronunciation

Adjective

torn

1. bitter; painful; severe

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz ‎(“anger”).

Noun

torn n ‎(nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress

Romanian

Verb

torn

1. first-person singular present tense form of turna.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of turna.
3. third-person plural present tense form of turna.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn.

Pronunciation

Noun

torn n

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Declension

Noun

torn m

1. (botany) thorn

Declension

See also

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