torrent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒɹənt/
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• New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈtɑɹənt/
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• Australian: /ˈtɔɹənt/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈtɔ̟ɹənt]
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• Scotland: /ˈtɔɾənt/
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• Wales: /ˈtɒɾənt/
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Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).

From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent); ultimately from etymology 1, carrying the notion of the flow of information.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përrua — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Albanian: rrua — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Aromanian: flumin (roa-rup) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Assamese: হাৱৰ (hawor) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Bengali: সয়লাব (śôẏlab) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Bulgarian: порой (poroj) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Catalan: torrent — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Catalan: riera — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 奔流 (bēnliú) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 急流 (jíliú) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 洪流 (hóngliú) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Dutch: stortvloed — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Dutch: stroom — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Esperanto: torento — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Finnish: hyöky — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Finnish: vyöry — violent flow, as of water etc.
• French: torrent — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Galician: dioivo — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Galician: doira — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Galician: bullón — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Galician: enxurrada — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Galician: quenlle — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Galician: frieira — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Georgian: ნიაღვარი (niaɣvari) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Georgian: ღვარი (ɣvari) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Georgian: ნაკადი (naḳadi) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Georgian: ლანქერი (lankeri) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• German: Strom — violent flow, as of water etc.
• German: Schwall — violent flow, as of water etc.
• German: Sturzflut — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Greek: χείμαρρος (cheímarros) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Ancient Greek: χειμάρρους (kheimárrhous) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Hungarian: özön — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Central Kurdish: لێشاو (lêşaw) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Macedonian: по́рој (póroj) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Macedonian: бу́ица (búica) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Malay: cegar — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Maltese: wied — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Māori: ia — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Māori: hīrere — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Persian: سیلاب (seylâb) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Polish: potok — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Portuguese: torrente — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Romanian: torent — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Romanian: puhoi — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: tuil — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: taom — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: gàth — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Slovene: hudournik — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Spanish: torrente — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Swedish: skur — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Swedish: ström — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Swedish: fors — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: سیل (seyl) — violent flow, as of water etc.
• Assamese: টৰেন (toren) — file transfers
• Bulgarian: торент (torent) — file transfers
• Chinese Mandarin: 種子 /种子 — file transfers
• Czech: torent — file transfers
• Esperanto: torento — file transfers
• Georgian: ტორენტი (ṭorenṭi) — file transfers
• Japanese: トレント (torento) — file transfers
• Macedonian: то́рент (tórent) — file transfers
• Marathi: टॉरेंट (ṭŏreṇṭa) — file transfers
• Polish: torrent — file transfers
• Portuguese: torrente — file transfers
• Russian: то́ррент (tórrent) — file transfers