Definitions and meaning of turbo
turbo
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)
- (informal) A turbine.
- Clipping of turbocharger.
- Clipping of turbojet.
- Clipping of turbomolecular pump.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From turbocharged (“increased power”). Also figurative, 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)
- (video games) Autofire.
Adjective
turbo (not comparable)
- (said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels.
- (computing, video games) Causing or relating to increased speed.
- a turbo button on a controller; a PC equipped with a turbo mode
- (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)
- (video games) To autofire.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From the New Latin name of the genus Turbo.
Noun
turbo (plural turbos)
- (malacology) A turban shell.
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Latin turbo.
Pronunciation
Noun
turbo n
- turbo
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “turbo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “turbo”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995
- “turbo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
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)
- spinning top
Finnish
Etymology
From English turbo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈturbo/, [ˈt̪urbo̞]
- Rhymes: -urbo
- Syllabification(key): tur‧bo
- Hyphenation(key): tur‧bo
Noun
turbo
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of turbare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From turba.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊr.boː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ur.bo]
Noun
turbō m (genitive turbinis); third declension
- tornado, whirlwind
- Synonyms: tempestās, procella
- spinning top, wheel
- spinning motion
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Verb
turbō (present infinitive turbāre, perfect active turbāvī, supine turbātum); first conjugation
- 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
- to upset
Conjugation
1At least one use of the Old Latin "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
- 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)
- turbo
Noun
turbo m (plural turbos)
- turbo
Etymology 2
Verb
turbo
- 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
Noun
turbo c
- (often in compounds) turbo ((gas) turbine, especially in an internal combustion engine, sometimes of the entire engine or vehicle)
- (colloquial, in compounds) turbo (something fast, powerful, or the like)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- turbo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- turbo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- turbo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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