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torrent

/ˈtɔːɹənt/TAW-ruhnt
/ˈtɔɹənt/TAW-ruhnt

Meaninga boiling (stream)

Common meaning: a rushing stream

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TARS‘be dry, to thirst’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 139, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latintorreō, tostum‘to parch, roast’
  3. Frenchtorrent
  4. Englishtorrent‘a rushing stream’ · today

torr also in: torridtoast

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin torreō ‘to parch, roast’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry torreō, p. 1880 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

toasttorrid

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