Pronunciation[edit]
(US) IPA(key): /tɔɹ/
(UK) IPA(key): /tÉ”Ë(ɹ)/
Homophones: tore, torr (all accents); tour (pour-poor merger); taw (non-rhotic)
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tor ‎(comparative more tor, superlative most tor)
Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor ‎(“a high rock, lofty hill, towerâ€), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor ‎(“hillâ€); ultimately from Latin turris ‎(“high structureâ€), from Ancient Greek Ï„ÏÏÏις ‎(túrrhis), Ï„ÏÏσις ‎(túrsis, “towerâ€), of non-Indo-European origin. Cognate with Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr, Welsh tŵr, Irish torr, French tor, and Romansch tor/tur/tuor; the first four are from Proto-Celtic (from Latin turris), the last two directly from Latin turris (from Ancient Greek Ï„ÏÏÏις ‎(túrrhis) and Ï„ÏÏσις ‎(túrsis)). It is not clear whether the Celtic forms were borrowed from Old English or vice versa. See also tower.
Noun[edit]
tor ‎(plural tors)
A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill.
(South-West England) A hill.  [quotations ▼]
(UK, dialect) A tower; a turret.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ray to this entry?)