"tower" in seven languages
Meaningtower
Spanish
torre
/ˈtore/
fem.inherited
French
tour
/tuʁ/
fem.inherited
Gender matters: la tour is a tower, le tour a turn or a tour.
Italian
torre
/ˈtorre/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
torre
/ˈtohi/
fem.inherited
Romanian
turn
/turn/
neut.other source · of disputed origin: Latin TURRIM or Middle High German turn
plural: turnuri
Catalan
torre
/ˈtorə/
fem.inherited
English
tower
/ˈtaʊɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French tur
English → ItaliantowertorreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TURRIM (nom. TURRIS)‘tower’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian spell it the same, but Spanish rr is a single trilled r while Italian holds it long. French la tour Eiffel versus le Tour de France is a gender lesson in one sentence.
English relatives: tower, turret
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In a sentence
- esDesde la torre se ve toda la ciudad.
- frDe la tour, on voit toute la ville.
- itDalla torre si vede tutta la città.
- ptDa torre dá para ver a cidade inteira.
- roDin turn se vede tot orașul.
- caDes de la torre es veu tota la ciutat.
- enFrom the tower you can see the whole city.
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