Tor

See also: tor, TOR, tör, tőr, tor-, -tor, and Appendix:Variations of "tor"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔɹ/

Proper noun

Tor

  1. Abbreviation of Toronto.
  2. (computing) Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.

Alternative forms

Anagrams


Finnish

Proper noun

Tor

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor

Declension

Inflection of Tor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Tor
genitive Torin
partitive Toria
illative Toriin
singular plural
nominative Tor
accusative nom. Tor
gen. Torin
genitive Torin
partitive Toria
inessive Torissa
elative Torista
illative Toriin
adessive Torilla
ablative Torilta
allative Torille
essive Torina
translative Toriksi
instructive
abessive Toritta
comitative

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
  • Homophone: Thor

Etymology 1

From Old High German tor. Compare Tür, English door and Norwegian dør.

Noun

Tor n (genitive Tors or Tores, plural Tore)

  1. gate, archway (passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry)
  2. gate, door (large doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall)
    Dies ist ein Garagentor, nur ein Ochse parkt davor.
    This is a garage door, only an ox parks in front of it.
  3. (figuratively) gateway (point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another)
  4. (sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German tor.

Noun

Tor m (genitive Toren, plural Toren, feminine Törin)

  1. (dated or literary) fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
    • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Prometheus"
      Ihr nähret kümmerlich / Von Opfersteuern / Und Gebetshauch / Eure Majestät, / Und darbtet, wären / Nicht Kinder und Bettler / Hoffnungsvolle Thoren.
      Your majesty / Is barely nourished / By sacrificial offerings / And prayerful exhalations, / And should starve / Were children and beggars not / Fools full of Hope.
    • Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" (german translation by Theodor Etzel)
      Sprach der Rabe: »Nie du Tor
      Said the Raven: "Never, you fool."
    Synonym: Narr
Declension

Norwegian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.

Proper noun

Tor

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
  2. A male given name.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 416 males with the given name Tor (compared to 7 934 named Thor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tor m

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor (thunder god)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr.

Proper noun

Tor c (genitive Tors)

  1. (Norse mythology) Thor, god of thunder.
  2. A male given name, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-.

Turkish

Proper noun

Tor

  1. A male given name
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