Turin

See also: Turín and tuřín

English

Etymology

From Piedmontese Turin, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino, the Italian name.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tjʊəˈɹɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈɹɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Proper noun

Turin (countable and uncountable, plural Turins)

2. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.

   Alternative form: Torino

4. A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin.

   Alternative form: Torino

5. (historical) A former province of Piedmont.

   Alternative form: Torino

6. Other places:
   1. A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada.
   2. A place in the United States:
      1. A town in Coweta County, Georgia.
      2. A minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
      3. A township in Marquette County, Michigan.
      4. A town and village therein, in Lewis County, New York.
7. (countable) A surname.

Related terms

• Turinese

Translations

metropolitan city of Piedmont

• Armenian: Թուրին (hy) (Tʻurin)
• Bulgarian: Тори́но n (Toríno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托里諾 (Tuōlǐnuò), 杜林 (Dùlín), 都靈 / 都灵 (zh) (Dūlíng)

• Czech: Turín (cs) m
• Dutch: Turijn (nl) n
• Estonian: Torino
• Finnish: Torino (fi)
• French: Turin (fr)
• Galician: Turín (gl)
• Georgian: ტურინი (ka) (ṭurini)
• German: Turin
• Italian: Torino (it)
• Japanese: トリノ (Torino)
• Macedonian: Тори́но n (Toríno)
• Marathi: तोरिनो (torino)
• Russian: Тури́н (ru) (Turín)
• Turkish: Torino (tr)

city in Piedmont

• Arabic: تُورِينُو m (turīnū)
• Armenian: Թուրին (hy) (Tʻurin)
• Bulgarian: Тори́но n (Toríno)
• Catalan: Torí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杜林 (Dùlín) (Taiwan), 都靈 / 都灵 (zh) (Dūlíng)

• Corsican: Torinu, Turinu
• Czech: Turín (cs) m
• Danish: Torino c
• Dutch: Turijn (nl) n
• Estonian: Torino
• Finnish: Torino (fi)
• French: Turin (fr) f
• Galician: Turín (gl)
• Georgian: ტურინი (ka) (ṭurini), ტორინო (ṭorino)
• German: Turin n
• Greek: Τορίνο (el) n (Toríno), Τουρίνο n (Touríno)
• Hindi: टोरीनो m (ṭorīno)
• Italian: Torino (it) f
• Japanese: トリノ (Torino)
• Korean: 토리노 (Torino)
• Latin: Augusta Taurinorum f, Taurinum m
• Macedonian: Тори́но n (Toríno)
• Maltese: Turin
• Marathi: तोरिनो (torino)
• Polish: Turyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Turim f
• Russian: Тури́н (ru) m (Turín)
• Serbo-Croatian: Torino

  Cyrillic: Торино m

  Latin: Torino m

• Spanish: Turín (es) m
• Swedish: Turin (sv)
• Thai: ตูริน (dtuu-rin)
• Turkish: Torino (tr)
• Vietnamese: Torino
• West Frisian: Turyn

See also

• Torino

Anagrams

• ruint, rutin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.ʁɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Turin ?

1. Turin (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy)
2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin)

Related terms

• Turinois

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈriːn/

Proper noun

Turin n (proper noun, genitive Turins or (optionally with an article) Turin)

1. Turin (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy)
2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin)

Related terms

• Turiner
• turinisch

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe.

Pronunciation

• (low-middle class Turinese) IPA^(key): [tyˈrɪŋ]
• (Italianized upper class Turinese) IPA^(key): [tyˈriŋ]

Proper noun

Turin ?

1. Turin (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy)
2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Թուրին (Tʻurin)
• → Czech: Turín
• → Dutch: Turijn
• → English: Turin
• → French: Turin
• → Galician: Turín
• → German: Turin
• → Polish: Turyn
• → Portuguese: Turim
• → Russian: Тури́н (Turín)
• → Spanish: Turín
• → Swedish: Turin

Swedish

Proper noun

Turin n (genitive Turins)

1. Turin (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy)
2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin)