torture
English
/ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
- (chiefly) the "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships
- (colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English torture derived from Old French torture derived from Latin tortūra (torture, twisting), tortus (twisted, folded over) root from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terkʷ-
Gloss
turn, twist, spin, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mulder English
- Muldertorture English
- antitorture English
- electrotorture English
- intort English
- torturable English
- torturee English
- torturer English
- torturesome English
- torturess English
- torturest English
- tortureth English
- torturous English
- torturously English
- untorturable English
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- contortus Latin
- distortum Latin
- extortiō Latin
- extortus Latin
- nasturtium Latin
- retorqueo Latin
- retortus Latin
- tormentum Latin
- torqueo Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēre Latin
- torquēs Latin
- torsio Latin
- torta Latin
- torta pānis, tortus Latin
- tortio Latin
- tortum Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortura Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortuōsus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- tricae Latin
- trua Latin
- turpis Latin
- torto Italian
- tortura Italian
- torture French
- tortura Spanish, Castilian
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- ἄτρακτος Ancient Greek
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewd- Proto-Indo-European
- tortura Portuguese
- torturar Portuguese
- *þarhô Proto-Germanic
- *þerh- Proto-Germanic
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- thwert Middle English
- thwerten Middle English
- torture Middle English
- torcious Old French
- torteau Old French
- torture Old French
- trousse Old French
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Galician
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tortură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- torri Welsh
- teurt Norman
- contortion Middle French
- torto Old Portuguese
- *tarkúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tortura Asturian
- tuertu Asturian
- 𒋻𒌑𒍣 Hittite