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7-letter words (2 found)

TORPEDO,TROOPED,

6-letter words (8 found)

DEPORT,POOTED,POOTER,PORTED,REDTOP,ROOPED,ROOTED,TROPED,

5-letter words (23 found)

DEPOT,DOPER,DOTER,DROOP,DROPT,OOPED,OPTED,OPTER,PEDRO,POOED,POORT,PORED,POTED,PROTO,REPOT,RODEO,ROPED,ROTED,TOPED,TOPER,TRODE,TROOP,TROPE,

4-letter words (39 found)

DERO,DOER,DOOR,DOPE,DORE,DORP,DORT,DOTE,DROP,ODOR,OPED,ORDO,PERT,POET,POOD,POOR,POOT,PORE,PORT,POTE,PROD,PROO,REDO,REPO,RODE,ROED,ROOD,ROOP,ROOT,ROPE,ROTE,ROTO,TOED,TOPE,TOPO,TORE,TORO,TROD,TROP,

3-letter words (37 found)

DEP,DOE,DOO,DOP,DOR,DOT,ODE,OOP,OOR,OOT,OPE,OPT,ORD,ORE,ORT,PED,PER,PET,POD,POO,POT,PRE,PRO,RED,REO,REP,RET,ROD,ROE,ROO,ROT,TED,TOD,TOE,TOO,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,ET,OD,OE,OO,OP,OR,PE,PO,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of torpedo

torpedo

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +‎ -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
  • (type of car): From 1908, after "the Torpedo", a car designed by Captain Theo Masui.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɔː(ɹ)ˈpiː.dəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌtoɹˈpi.doʊ/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do
  • Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

  1. (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
  2. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. [from 1805]
    Synonyms: torp, fish
    1. (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
  3. (Northeastern US) A submarine sandwich.
    Synonym: sub
  4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
  5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
  6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
  7. (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
    Synonym: (UK) detonator
  8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
  9. (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
  10. (neuroscience) A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
  11. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. [1910s]
  12. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple. [from 1960s]
  13. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
    1. A thick marijuana cigarette. [1940s]
    2. A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. [from 1980s]

Derived terms

Related terms

  • torpid

Translations

Verb

torpedo (third-person singular simple present torpedoes, present participle torpedoing, simple past and past participle torpedoed)

  1. To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
  2. To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
  3. (figurative) To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack.

Translations

Anagrams

  • optrode, pet door, toe drop, trooped

Cebuano

Etymology

From English torpedo, borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +‎ -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

torpedo

  1. (military) a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), from torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) and -dō (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔrˈpeː.doː/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

torpedo f or m (plural torpedo's, diminutive torpedootje n)

  1. A torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use).
  2. (dated) A low-lying streamlined car.

Derived terms

  • torpedoboot

Related terms

  • torpederen

Esperanto

Etymology

From English torpedo, Spanish torpedo, German Torpedo; all ultimately from Latin torpedo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [torˈpedo]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

torpedo (accusative singular torpedon, plural torpedoj, accusative plural torpedojn)

  1. torpedo

Derived terms

  • torpedi

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • torpeedo (archaic)

Etymology

From English torpedo, from Latin torpēdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtorpe(ː)do/, [ˈt̪o̞rpe̞(ː)do̞]
  • Rhymes: -orpedo
  • Syllabification(key): tor‧pe‧do

Noun

torpedo

  1. torpedo (self-propelled cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “torpedo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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

Noun

torpedo f (invariable)

  1. tourer (motorcar)

See also

  • torpedine

Anagrams

  • deporto, deportò

Latin

Etymology

torpeō (“I am stiff or numb”) +‎ -ēdō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /torˈpeː.doː/, [t̪ɔrˈpeːd̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /torˈpe.do/, [t̪orˈpɛːd̪o]

Noun

torpēdō f (genitive torpēdinis); third declension

  1. lethargy, inertness, sluggishness
  2. torpedo fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “torpedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “torpedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torpedo 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)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.

Noun

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoer, definite plural torpedoene)

  1. a torpedo

Derived terms

  • torpedere

References

  • “torpedo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.

Noun

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoar, definite plural torpedoane)

  1. a torpedo

Derived terms

  • torpedere

References

  • “torpedo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), from torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -dō (noun suffix). Compare Portuguese torpor.

Pronunciation

Noun

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

  1. torpedo (submarine weapon)
  2. (Brazil) SMS (a text message sent on a cell phone)

Related terms

  • torpedagem, torpedear, torpedeamento, torpedeiro

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /torpěːdo/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

torpédo m (Cyrillic spelling торпе́до)

  1. torpedo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toɾˈpedo/ [t̪oɾˈpe.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: tor‧pe‧do

Noun

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

  1. torpedo (fish)
    Synonyms: raya torpedo, raya negra, raya eléctrica
  2. torpedo (weapon)
  3. (Chile) cheat sheet
    Synonyms: acordeón, batería, machete
  4. (Chile) prompt, script

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “torpedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org