turbina

See also: turbína, túrbína, turbină, turbiną, and turbīna

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French turbine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [turˈbi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tuɾˈbi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [turˈbi.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

turbina f (plural turbines)

1. turbine

Further reading

• “turbina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “turbina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “turbina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “turbina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Verb

turbina

1. third-person singular past historic of turbiner

Anagrams

• bruinât, burinât

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbo, turbinem. Compare also trebón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuɾˈbina/ [t̪uɾˈβ̞i.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: tur‧bi‧na

Noun

turbina f (plural turbinas)

1. turbine

Further reading

• “turbina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Hungarian

turbina

Etymology

From German Turbine (“turbine”), from French turbine (“turbine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturbinɒ]
• Hyphenation: tur‧bi‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

turbina (plural turbinák)

1. turbine (rotary machine)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	turbina	turbinák
accusative	turbinát	turbinákat
dative	turbinának	turbináknak
instrumental	turbinával	turbinákkal
causal-final	turbináért	turbinákért
translative	turbinává	turbinákká
terminative	turbináig	turbinákig
essive-formal	turbinaként	turbinákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	turbinában	turbinákban
superessive	turbinán	turbinákon
adessive	turbinánál	turbináknál
illative	turbinába	turbinákba
sublative	turbinára	turbinákra
allative	turbinához	turbinákhoz
elative	turbinából	turbinákból
delative	turbináról	turbinákról
ablative	turbinától	turbináktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	turbináé	turbináké
non-attributive possessive – plural	turbináéi	turbinákéi

Possessive forms of turbina

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	turbinám	turbináim
2nd person sing.	turbinád	turbináid
3rd person sing.	turbinája	turbinái
1st person plural	turbinánk	turbináink
2nd person plural	turbinátok	turbináitok
3rd person plural	turbinájuk	turbináik

Derived terms

• turbinájú
• turbinás

Compound words

• Bánki-turbina
• Francis-turbina
• gázturbina
• gőzturbina
• Kaplan-turbina
• Pelton-turbina
• szélturbina
• turbinalapát
• turbinatengely
• vízturbina

Further reading

• turbina in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /turˈbi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: tur‧bì‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbinem.

Noun

turbina f (plural turbine)

1. (automotive, electricity) turbine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

turbina

1. inflection of turbinare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• rotore

Anagrams

• brunita, tribuna

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

turbina f (plural turbinas)

1. turbine

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 698

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English turbine, French turbine, German Turbine, ultimately from Latin turbinis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /turˈbi.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: tur‧bi‧na

Noun

turbina f (diminutive turbinka)

1. turbine

Declension

Declension of turbina

	singular	plural
nominative	turbina	turbiny
genitive	turbiny	turbin
dative	turbinie	turbinom
accusative	turbinę	turbiny
instrumental	turbiną	turbinami
locative	turbinie	turbinach
vocative	turbino	turbiny

Derived terms

adjective

• turbinowy

nouns

• turbinowiec
• turbinownia

Further reading

• “turbina”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “turbina”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French turbine (“turbine”), itself borrowed from Latin turbinem (“circular movement, top, reel, spindle”). Compare trovão, an inherited doublet through a Vulgar Latin variant.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuʁˈbĩ.nɐ/ [tuɦˈbĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuʁˈbĩ.nɐ/ [tuɦˈbĩ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈbĩ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tuʁˈbĩ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /tuɻˈbĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuʁˈbi.na/ [tuɦˈbi.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈbi.nɐ/ [tuɾˈβi.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: tur‧bi‧na

Noun

turbina f (plural turbinas)

1. turbine (rotary machines that use the energy of a stream of fluid)

Derived terms

• aquecer as turbinas

Related terms

• turbinagem
• turbinar
• turbo

Etymology 2

Verb

turbina

1. inflection of turbinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “turbina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “turbina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /turbǐːna/
• Hyphenation: tur‧bi‧na

Noun

turbína f (Cyrillic spelling турби́на)

1. turbine

Declension

Declension of turbina

	singular	plural
nominative	turbina	turbine
genitive	turbine	turbina
dative	turbini	turbinama
accusative	turbinu	turbine
vocative	turbino	turbine
locative	turbini	turbinama
instrumental	turbinom	turbinama

References

• “turbina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuɾˈbina/ [t̪uɾˈβ̞i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: tur‧bi‧na

Etymology 1

turbina

Borrowed from French turbine, itself borrowed from Latin turbinem (“circular movement, top, reel, spindle”). Compare turbión, an inherited doublet through a Vulgar Latin variant. Cf. also torbellino.

Noun

turbina f (plural turbinas)

1. turbine

Hypernyms

• máquina

Related terms

• torbellino
• turbar
• turbión
• turbonada

Etymology 2

Verb

turbina

1. inflection of turbinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “turbina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• tribuna