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Meaning of turris | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈtʊr.rɪs]

Definitions

  1. tower, especially a military tower for siege, advanced to the walls on wheels, or one on a wall for defense; loosely used of a high building
    declension-3, feminine
  2. A river of Venetia, now called Torre.
    declension-3, masculine, singular
  3. rook
    Late-Latin, declension-3, feminine

Equivalents

English rook

Examples

“Nōn coeptae adsurgunt turrēs, ….”

Towers, partially built, rise up no [higher], …. (Literally: [construction] having been begun.)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Turritella monilifera turrium tursio turta turtur turture

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