torri

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɔ.ri]

torri

1. inflection of torrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Italian torr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorːi/, [ˈt̪o̞rːi]
• Rhymes: -orːi
• Hyphenation^(key): tor‧ri

torri

1. torr (non-SI unit of pressure, equal to 1/760 of standard atmospheric pressure)

• Often understood as synonymous to elohopeamillimetri, although they are not exactly the same.

torri f

1. plural of torre

torrī

1. dative/ablative singular of torris

Borrowed from Sicilian turri and/or Italian torre, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔr.rɪ/

torri m (plural torrijiet)

1. tower

   Synonym: borġ

2. (chess) tower

Chess pieces in Maltese · bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
re	reġina	torri	isqof	żiemel	pjun, pedina, petun

According to Matasovic, from a non-Indo-European substrate language,^[1] but Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist, spin”).^[2] Cognate with Cornish terri, Breton torriñ.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔri/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɪ

torri (first-person singular present torraf)

1. to break, to fracture

   Ffoniwch am ambiwlans, dw i wedi torri fy nghoes!

   Call an ambulance, I’ve broken my leg!

2. to cut, to divide, to slice

   Ydych chi wedi torri’r gacen eto?

   Have you cut the cake yet?

3. to break, to disobey

   Maen nhw'n torri’r rheolau.

   They’re breaking the rules.

4. to mow, to cut

   Mae rhaid i fi dorri’r lawnt heddiw.

   I need to mow the lawn today.

5. to fell

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “torri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies