turnip

Turnips

English

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Etymology

From turnepe, probably from turn (due to round shape, as though turned on a lathe) + Middle English nepe, from Old English næp, from Latin napus. Cognate to neep; see also parsnip.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɜːr.nɪp/

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Noun

turnip (plural turnips)

1. The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
2. (Scotland, Ireland, Cornish, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.

Synonyms

• (Brassica rapa): summer turnip, swede (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland), tumshie (Scotland), white turnip (Cornwall, Scotland)

Derived terms

• fall off the turnip truck

Translations

white root of Brassica rapa

• Arabic: لِفْت (ar) (lift)

  Egyptian Arabic: لفت (lift)

  Moroccan Arabic: لفت (left) m

• Armenian: շաղգամ (hy) (šaġgam) 
• Catalan: nap m
• Cherokee: ᏓᏈᏌᏂ (chr) (daquisani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蕪菁 (cmn), 芜菁 (cmn) (wújīng)

• Czech: vodnice (cs) f
• Danish: majroe (da) c
• Dutch: raap (nl) m, knolraap (nl) m
• Esperanto: napo (eo)
• Estonian: naeris
• Faroese: mairót (fo) f
• Finnish: nauris (food varieties), rehunauris or turnipsi (fodder varieties)
• French: navet (fr) m
• Georgian: ბოლოკი (ka) (boloki), თალგამი (ka) (t’algami)
• German: Mairübe (de) f
• Greek: κράμβη (el) (krámvi) f 
• Hebrew: לפת (he)
• Icelandic: næpa (is) f
• Ido: napo (io)
• Italian: rapa (it) f

• Japanese: カブ (ja) (kabu), 蕪 (ja) (かぶ, kabu)
• Jèrriais: navet m
• Lao: ຫົວຜັກເທີນິຟ (lo) (hua phak thoe nif)
• Latin: nāpus (la) m
• Macedonian: репа (mk) (répa) f, репка (mk) (répka) f
• Maori: kōrau (mi)
• Navajo: niłtsínii bikétłʼóól dijoolí
• Persian: شلغم (fa) (shalqam)
• Polish: rzepa (pl) f
• Portuguese: nabo (pt) m
• Romanian: navetă (ro) f, nap (ro) m
• Russian: репа (ru) (répa) f , турнепс (ru) (turnéps) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: snèap (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: репа (sh) f

  Roman: repa (sh) f

• Slovak: repa (sk) f, vodnica (sk) f
• Slovene: repa (sl) f
• Spanish: nabo (es) m
• Swedish: majrova (sv) c, rova (sv) c
• Turkish: şalgam (tr)
• Turkmen: şalgam (tk)
• Volapük: navät (vo)
• Walloon: navea (wa) m

yellow root of Brassica napus — see swede

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• Korean: 순무 (sunmu)
• Kurdish: şêlim (ku) f, silka spî f, tar f, şelxem f
• Maltese: ġidra f

• Neapolitan: ràpa, rapésta
• Persian: شلغم (šalgham)
• Urdu: شلغم (šalgham)

See also

• rutabaga
• swede
• turnip greens