turner

See also: Turner

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûrnər, IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːɹnəɹ/
• enPR: tûnə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːnə(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nə(r)

Etymology 1

turn +‎ -er

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. One who or that which turns.
2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe
3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
4. (zoology) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
5. (cricket) A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
6. An acrobat or gymnast especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

Synonyms

• (kitchen utensil): spatula

Translations

person working a lathe

• Arabic: خَرَّاط (ḵarrāṭ)
• Armenian: խառատ (hy) (xaṙat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車工／车工 (zh) (chēgōng), 车工 (zh) (chēgōng)

• Crimean Tatar: tornacı
• Czech: soustružník (cs) m
• Danish: drejer c
• Finnish: sorvari (fi), sorvaaja (fi)
• French: tourneur (fr) m
• Georgian: ხარატი (xaraṭi)
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• German: Drechsler m
• Hungarian: esztergályos (hu)
• Italian: tornitore (it) m
• Japanese: 旋盤工 (ja) (せんばんこう, senbankō)
• Macedonian: стругар m (strugar)
• Polish: tokarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: torneiro (pt) m, torneador m
• Romanian: strungar (ro) m, strungăriță (ro) f
• Russian: то́карь (ru) m (tókarʹ)

kitchen utensil

• Finnish: paistinlasta (fi), lasta (fi)
• Italian: paletta (it) f
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• Swedish: stekspade c
• Tagalog: siyansi

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. (sports) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

Etymology 3

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. (historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.

Anagrams

• return

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

turner m (plural turners, diminutive turnertje n)

1. gymnast

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

turner m (definite singular turneren, indefinite plural turnere, definite plural turnerne)

1. a gymnast

Related terms

• turn

References

• “turner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Verb

turner

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of torner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. 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
gerund		en turnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		turnant
past participle		turné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	turn	turnes	turne	turnons	turnez	turnent
	imperfect	turnoie, turneie, turnoe, turneve	turnoies, turneies, turnoes, turneves	turnoit, turneit, turnot, turneve	turniiens, turniens	turniiez, turniez	turnoient, turneient, turnoent, turnevent
	preterite	turnai	turnas	turna	turnames	turnastes	turnerent
	future	turnerai	turneras	turnera	turnerons	turneroiz, turnereiz, turnerez	turneront
	conditional	turneroie, turnereie	turneroies, turnereies	turneroit, turnereit	turneriiens, turneriens	turneriiez, turneriez	turneroient, turnereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	turn	turz	turt	turnons	turnez	turnent
	imperfect	turnasse	turnasses	turnast	turnissons, turnissiens	turnissoiz, turnissez, turnissiez	turnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	turne	—	turnons	turnez	—

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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)