turner

See also Turner

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûrnə(r), IPA: /ˈtɜː(r)nər/, X-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 (cmn), 车工 (cmn) (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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Dutch

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Noun

turner m (plural turners, diminutive turnertje)

1. gymnast

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Old French

Etymology

Latin tornare, present active infinitive of torno

Verb

turner

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

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of turner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		turner			avoir turné, turnez
gerund		en turnant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		turnant
past participle		turné, turnez
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	turnoe, turneie, turnoie	turnoes, turneies, turnoies	turnot, turneit, turnoit	turnions, turniions	turniez, turniiez	turnoent, turnient, turnoient
	past historic	turnai	turnas	turna	turnames	turnastes	turnerent
	future	turnerai	turneras	turnera	turnerons	turnerez, turnereiz	turneront
	conditional	turneroe, turnereie, turneroie	turneroes, turnereies, turneroies	turnerot, turnereie, turneroie	turnerions, turneriions	turneriez, turneriiez	turneroent, turnereient, turneroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir 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 avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	turne	—	turnons	turnez	—

Related terms

• returner

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) turnar
• (Vallader) tuornar

Etymology

From Latin tornō, tornāre (“turn”), from tornus (“lathe”).

Verb

turner

1. (Puter) to return, go back, come back
2. (Puter) to return, come back (home)