turner

See also Turner

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûrnə(r), IPA: /ˈtɜː(r)nər/, SAMPA: /"t3:(r)n@r/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nə(r)

Etymology 1

to turn + -er

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe
2. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
3. (zoology) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
4. (cricket) a very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease

Synonyms

• (#2) spatula

Translations

person working a lathe

Armenian: խառատ (hy) (xaṙat) Chinese: Mandarin: 車工 (zh), 车工 (zh) (chēgōng) Czech: soustružník (cs) m. Finnish: sorvari (fi) French: tourneur (fr) m.

German: Drechsler (de) m. Hungarian: esztergályos (hu) Japanese: 旋盤工 (ja) (せんばんこう, senbankō) Macedonian: стругар (mk) (strúgar) m. Polish: tokarz (pl) m. Russian: токарь (ru) (tókar') m.

kitchen utensil

Finnish: lasta (fi), paistinlasta (fi)

Etymology 2

From German

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. (sports) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

Anagrams

• return

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Latin tornare, present active infinitive of torno

Verb

turner

1. to turn
2. to return; to go back

Conjugation

• Anglo-Norman conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of turner

		simple			compound
infinitive		turner			aveir turné
gerund		en turnant			Use the gerund of aveir followed by the past participle
present participle		turnant
past participle		turné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	turne, turn	turnes, turns	turne, turn	turnons	turnez, turnés	turnent
	imperfect	turneie	turneies	turneit	turnions, turniions	turniez, turniiez	turneient
	past historic	turna	turnas	turna	turnames	turnastes	turnerent
	future	turnerai	turneras	turnera	turnerons	turnerez, turnereiz	turneront
	conditional	turnereie	turnereied	turnereie	turnerions, turneriions	turneriez, turneriiez	turnereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of aveir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of aveir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of aveir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of aveir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of aveir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	turne, turn	turnes, turns	turne, turn	turnons	turnez	turnent
	imperfect	turnasse	turnasses	turnast	turnissons	turnissez, turnissiez	turnassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	turne	—	turnons	turnez	—

Related terms

• returner

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

turner m. (plural turners)

1. gymnast