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Webster 1913 Edition

turbo

tur′bo

,
Noun.
[L.
turbo
,
-inis
, a top. See
Turbine
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus
Turbo
or family
Turbinidae
, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.

Definition 2024

turbo

turbo

See also: turbó, turbò, and turbo-

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ

Noun

turbo ‎(plural turbos)

  1. Turbocharger.
    • 2008 February 17, Don Sherman, “More Power? Add Pressure”, in New York Times:
      Superchargers are generally heavier and more expensive than turbos […]
  2. Turbojet.
  3. (video games) autofire.

Adjective

turbo ‎(comparative more turbo, superlative most turbo)

  1. (said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels.
    This is a turbo tournament, the blinds increase every 5 minutes! Level 1 = 150/300; level 2 = 200/400; etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

turbo ‎(plural turbos)

  1. (zoology) turban shell

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈturbo/
  • Hyphenation: tur‧bo

Noun

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

  1. spinning top

Italian

Verb

turbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of turbare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From turba.

Pronunciation

Noun

turbō m ‎(genitive turbinis); third declension

  1. (la, whirlwind):tornado, whirlwind
  2. crowd

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative turbō turbinēs
genitive turbinis turbinum
dative turbinī turbinibus
accusative turbinem turbinēs
ablative turbine turbinibus
vocative turbō turbinēs

Descendants

  • Old Portuguese: torvon
  • Portuguese: trovão

Verb

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

  1. I disturb, unsettle
  2. I upset

Inflection

   Conjugation of turbo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present turbō turbās turbat turbāmus turbātis turbant
imperfect turbābam turbābās turbābat turbābāmus turbābātis turbābant
future turbābō turbābis turbābit turbābimus turbābitis turbābunt
perfect turbāvī turbāvistī turbāvit turbāvimus turbāvistis turbāvērunt, turbāvēre
pluperfect turbāveram turbāverās turbāverat turbāverāmus turbāverātis turbāverant
future perfect turbāverō turbāveris turbāverit turbāverimus turbāveritis turbāverint
passive present turbor turbāris, turbāre turbātur turbāmur turbāminī turbantur
imperfect turbābar turbābāris, turbābāre turbābātur turbābāmur turbābāminī turbābantur
future turbābor turbāberis, turbābere turbābitur turbābimur turbābiminī turbābuntur
perfect turbātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect turbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect turbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present turbem turbēs turbet turbēmus turbētis turbent
imperfect turbārem turbārēs turbāret turbārēmus turbārētis turbārent
perfect turbāverim turbāverīs turbāverit turbāverīmus turbāverītis turbāverint
pluperfect turbāvissem turbāvissēs turbāvisset turbāvissēmus turbāvissētis turbāvissent
passive present turber turbēris, turbēre turbētur turbēmur turbēminī turbentur
imperfect turbārer turbārēris, turbārēre turbārētur turbārēmur turbārēminī turbārentur
perfect turbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect turbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — turbā — — turbāte —
future — turbātō turbātō — turbātōte turbantō
passive present — turbāre — — turbāminī —
future — turbātor turbātor — — turbantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives turbāre turbāvisse turbātūrus esse turbārī turbātus esse turbātum īrī
participles turbāns — turbātūrus — turbātus turbandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
turbāre turbandī turbandō turbandum turbātum turbātū

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “turbo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    • to upset a person: alicuius mentem turbare, conturbare, perturbare
    • to cause universal disorder: omnia turbare ac miscere
    • to break the ranks: ordines turbare, perrumpere
    • to throw the rearguard into confusion: novissimos turbare
    • (ambiguous) a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
  • 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 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 (eu) present indicative of turbar

Spanish

Verb

turbo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of turbar.

Etymology

From turbine

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