turn
Icelandic
/tʰʏrtn/
noun
Definitions
- tower
Etymology
Derived from Latin turris (tower, rook, a tower).
Origin
Latin
turris
Gloss
tower, rook, a tower
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
🗼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bell tower English
- clocktower English
- megatower English
- moonlight tower English
- multitower English
- outtower English
- overtower English
- stairtower English
- supertower English
- tower English
- towerer English
- towerless English
- towerlike English
- towerman English
- towerscape English
- towery English
- watchtower English
- turrem Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- Aussichtsturm German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- Fallturm German
- Feuerturm German
- Fährturm German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirchturm German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulverturm German
- Sprungturm German
- Turm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachturm German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebelturm German
- torony Hungarian
- tour French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- タワー Japanese
- torr Old English
- tour Middle English
- turn Old Norse
- elfenbenstårn Danish
- fyrtårn Danish
- klokketårn Danish
- tårn Danish
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tawer Cebuano
- tŵr Welsh
- torn Old High German
- turmo Ido
- turn Middle High German
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- 타워 Korean
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- torm Lower Sorbian
- tüm Volapük
- taua Tok Pisin
- *tor Old Welsh