tornis

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtor.nis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtoɾ.nis]

tornis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tornar

tornīs

1. dative/ablative plural of tornus

Borrowed from Middle Low German torn or Middle Dutch toorn or an East Frisian word (compare West Frisian toer; also compare German Turm), itself a borrowing, via Old Frisian torn, from Latin turris (accusative turrem). A dialectal German form Turn, borrowed as turnis, would in the Kurzeme dialects yield tornis (with [uo]). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

• IPA^(key): [tūōrnis]

tornis m (2nd declension)

1. tower (tall, cylindrical or similarly shaped structure in a building)

   baznīcas, pils tornis ― church, castle tower

   skatu, novērošanas tornis ― observation tower

   ugunsdzēsēju tornis ― fire tower

   televīzijas tornis ― television tower

   cietokšņa tornis ― fortress tower

   vadības tornis ― control tower

   koka, tērauda tornis ― wooden, steel tower

   dzelzsbetona tornis ― reinforced concrete tower

   torņa augša ― top of the tower

   torņa pulkstenis ― tower clock

2. tank, silo (large vertical building used to store grain)

   skābbarības tornis ― silo (lit. silage tower)

3. (chess) rook (chess piece shaped like a castle tower)

   iesaistīt torni spēlē ― to involve, employ the rook in the game