turbine

See also Turbine

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin turbinis, genitive of turbo (“circular movement, top, reel, spindle”)

Noun

turbine (plural turbines)

1. any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft

Derived terms

• wind turbine
• gas turbine
• steam turbine
• water turbine
• turbo-

Related terms

• turbid
• turbojet, turbo-jet
• turbomachinery

Translations

rotary machines

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 渦輪機 (cmn), 涡轮机 (cmn) (wōlúnjī), 輪機 (cmn), 轮机 (cmn) (lúnjī), (turbine generator) 渦輪發動機 (cmn), 涡轮发动机 (cmn) (wōlún fādòngjī), (loan word) 透平 (cmn) (tòupíng)

• Czech: turbína (cs) f
• Esperanto: turbino (eo)
• Finnish: turbiini (fi)
• French: turbine (fr) f
• Galician: turbina (gl) f
• German: Turbine (de) f
• Greek: στρόβιλος (el) (stróvilos) m

• Hungarian: turbina (hu)
• Irish: tuirbín (ga) m
• Italian: turbina (it) f
• Japanese: タービン (ja) (tābin)
• Korean: 터빈 (ko) (teobin)
• Macedonian: турбина (mk) (turbína) f
• Polish: turbina (pl) f
• Portuguese: turbina (pt) f
• Russian: турбина (ru) (turbína) f
• Spanish: turbina (es) f
• Welsh: tyrbin (cy) m

External links

• turbine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• turbine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• turbine at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• tribune
• tuberin

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʏrˈbinə/

Noun

turbine ? (plural turbines, diminutive turbinetje)

1. turbine

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tyʀbin/

Noun

turbine f (plural turbines)

1. turbine

Verb

turbine

1. first-person singular present indicative of turbiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of turbiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of turbiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of turbiner
5. second-person singular imperative of turbiner

Anagrams

• butiner, tribune

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Italian

Noun

turbine f

1. Plural form of turbina

turbine m (plural turbini)

1. whirlwind
2. gust (of snow or dust etc)

Anagrams

• brunite, tribune

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Latin

Noun

turbine

1. ablative singular of turbō