torrent

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɒɹ.ənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹ.ənt/ (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹ.ənt/ Hyphenation: tor‧rent Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɹənt === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”). ==== Noun ==== torrent (plural torrents) A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something. 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]: On the banks of the grey torrent of life, love is the only flower. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Antonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== torrid toast ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== torrent (comparative more torrent, superlative most torrent) Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. ==== Verb ==== torrent (third-person singular simple present torrents, present participle torrenting, simple past and past participle torrented) To fall or flow in a torrent; to pour. ==== See also ==== barrage inundate deluge torrential === Etymology 2 === From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent); ultimately from etymology 1, carrying the notion of the flow of information. ==== Noun ==== torrent (plural torrents) (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== torrent (third-person singular simple present torrents, present participle torrenting, simple past and past participle torrented) (Internet slang, transitive) To download in a torrent. ===== Derived terms ===== torrenter == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin torrentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [tuˈren] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [toˈrent] === Noun === torrent m (plural torrents) torrent ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “torrent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ.ʁɑ̃/ === Noun === torrent m (plural torrents) a torrent ==== Descendants ==== → English: torrent → Romanian: torent === Further reading === “torrent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === torrent third-person plural present active indicative of torreō == Welsh == === Alternative forms === torren (colloquial) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔrɛnt/ === Verb === torrent (literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of torri (literary) third-person plural imperative of torri === Mutation ===