turbo

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.boʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ

Etymology 1

From turbine.

Noun

turbo (countable and uncountable, plural turbos)

1. (informal) A turbine.
2. Clipping of turbocharger.
3. Clipping of turbojet.
4. Clipping of turbomolecular pump.

Derived terms

• turbo broiler
• turbo mode

Etymology 2

From turbocharged (“increased power”). From the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine.

Noun

turbo (plural turbos)

1. (video games) Autofire.

Adjective

turbo (not comparable)

1. (said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels.

2. (computing, video games) Causing or relating to increased speed.

   a turbo button on a controller; a PC equipped with a turbo mode

3. (informal, nonstandard) Very, super, etc.; usually relating to a qualitative value (as opposed to quantitative).

Verb

turbo (third-person singular simple present turbos, present participle turboing, simple past and past participle turboed)

1. (video games) To autofire.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From the New Latin name of the genus Turbo.

Noun

turbo (plural turbos)

1. (malacology) A turban shell.

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin turbo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturbo]

Noun

turbo n

1. turbo

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “turbo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• turbo in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
• “turbo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturbo]
• Rhymes: -urbo
• Hyphenation: tur‧bo

Noun

turbo (accusative singular turbon, plural turboj, accusative plural turbojn)

1. spinning top

Finnish

Etymology

From English turbo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈturbo/, [ˈt̪urbo̞]
• Rhymes: -urbo
• Hyphenation^(key): tur‧bo

Noun

turbo

1. turbo

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “turbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.bo/
• Rhymes: -urbo
• Hyphenation: tùr‧bo

Verb

turbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of turbare

Anagrams

• Bruto, bruto

Latin

Etymology

From turba.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.boː/, [ˈt̪ʊrboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.bo/, [ˈt̪urbo]

Noun

turbō m (genitive turbinis); third declension

2. tornado, whirlwind

   Synonyms: tempestās, procella

3. spinning top, wheel
4. spinning motion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

turbō (present infinitive turbāre, perfect active turbāvī, supine turbātum); first conjugation

2. to disturb, unsettle, agitate, perturb

   Synonyms: perturbō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, concitō, disturbō, īnfestō, percieō, concieō, cieō, irrītō, stimulō, ēvertō, peragō, occīdō, agō, moveō, versō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor
3. to upset

Conjugation

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• “turbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “turbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• turbo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• turbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “turbo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “turbo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “turbo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Verb

turbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of turbar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾbo/ [ˈt̪uɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -uɾbo
• Syllabification: tur‧bo

Etymology 1

Clipping of turbocompresor.

Adjective

turbo (invariable)
turbo (feminine turba, masculine plural turbos, feminine plural turbas)

1. turbo

Noun

turbo m (plural turbos)

1. turbo

Etymology 2

Verb

turbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of turbar

Further reading

• “turbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

turbo c

1. (often in compounds) turbo ((gas) turbine, especially in an internal combustion engine, sometimes of the entire engine or vehicle)
2. (colloquial, in compounds) turbo (something fast, powerful, or the like)

Declension

Derived terms

• turbojetmotor
• turbotorsk

References

• turbo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• turbo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• turbo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)