terrapin

English

European pond terrapin, Emys orbicularis

Red-eared terrapins, Trachemys scripta elegans

Etymology

From an Algonquian word torope ("little turtle"); compare Abenaki tolba (“turtle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəpɪn/

Noun

terrapin (plural terrapins)

1. Any of several small turtles, of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae, that live in fresh or brackish water.

Derived terms

• red-eared terrapin
• salt-marsh terrapin

Translations

small turtle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: želva (cs) f
• Danish: sumpskildpadde c
• Dutch: moerasschildpad (nl), specifically the genus doosschildpad (Terrapene sp.)
• Finnish: suokilpikonna (specifically Emydidae)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: labi-labi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sumpskilpadde m or f

  Nynorsk: sumpskjelpadde f

• Spanish: terrapene f

References

• terrapin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “terrapin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• earprint, pretrain