Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

torturer

/ˈtɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: tor-tur-er
IPA: /ˈtɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹə(ɹ)/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who tortures.

Example Sentences

"I play the torturer by ſmall and ſmall / To lengthen out the worſt that muſt be ſpoken: […]"
"My destruction might indeed arrive a few months sooner; but if my torturer should suspect that I postponed it, influenced by his menaces, he would surely find other, and perhaps more dreadful means of revenge."
"The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind."

Etymology

Etymology tree English torture Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English torturer From torture + -er.

Inflected Forms

torturers (plural)

Derived Forms

torturess

Questions

How do you pronounce torturer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹə(ɹ)/.
What does torturer mean?: Someone who tortures.
Where does torturer come from?: Etymology tree English torture Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English torturer From torture + -er.

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