turner

turner

See also: Turner

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: tûrʹnər; IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.nɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûʹnə(r); IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)

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 m (ḵarrāṭ) Armenian: խառատ (hy) (xaṙat) Azerbaijani: tokar, tornaçı Belarusian: то́кар m (tókar) Bulgarian: струга́р (bg) m (strugár) Burmese: ပန်းပွတ်သည် (my) (pan:pwatsany) Chinese: Mandarin: 車工／车工 (zh) (chēgōng) Crimean Tatar: tornacı Czech: soustružník (cs) m, soustružnice f Danish: drejer c Dutch: draaier (nl) m Estonian: treial Finnish: sorvari (fi), sorvaaja (fi) French: tourneur (fr) m, tourneuse (fr) f, décolleteur (fr) m, décolleteuse (fr) f Georgian: ხარატი (xaraṭi) German: Drechsler m, Drechslerin f, Dreher (de) m, Dreherin (de) m Greek: τορναδόρος (el) m (tornadóros) Hindi: ख़रादी m (xarādī) Hungarian: esztergályos (hu) Italian: tornitore (it) m Japanese: 旋盤工 (ja) (せんばんこう, senbankō) Kazakh: қырнаушы (qyrnauşy), токарь (tokar) Korean: 선반공(旋盤工) (seonban'gong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: tornekar Kyrgyz: токарь (ky) (tokarʹ) Macedonian: стругар m (strugar) Mongolian: Cyrillic: токарь (mn) (tokarʹ) Persian: خراط‎ (fa) (xarrât) Polish: tokarz (pl) m Portuguese: torneiro (pt) m, torneador m Romanian: strungar (ro) m, strungăriță (ro) f Russian: то́карь (ru) m (tókarʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: стру̀га̄р m Roman: strùgār (sh) m Slovak: sústružník m Slovene: strugar m, strugarka f Spanish: tornero m, torneador m Swedish: svarvare (sv) c Tajik: харрот (xarrot) Turkish: tornacı (tr) Turkmen: tokar Ukrainian: то́кар m (tókar) Urdu: خراط‎ m (xarrāt) Uzbek: tokar (uz), xarrot (uz)

kitchen utensil

Catalan: giradora (ca) f Finnish: paistinlasta (fi), lasta (fi) Italian: paletta (it) f Polish: łopatka kuchenna f, szpatułka kuchenna f Swedish: stekspade c Tagalog: siyansi

Etymology 2

From German.

Noun

turner (plural turners)

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

Noun

turner (plural turners)

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

Further reading

• “turner”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “turner”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “turner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “turner” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Anagrams

• return

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

turner m (plural turners, diminutive turnertje n)

1. gymnast

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Latin

Etymology

Latinised German Thurner (“trumpeter, bugler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ner/, [ˈt̪ʊrnɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ner/, [ˈt̪urner]

Noun

turner m (genitive turnerī); second declension

1. bugler
2. trumpeter

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	turner	turnera	turnerum		turnerī	turnerae	turnera
Genitive	turnerī	turnerae	turnerī		turnerōrum	turnerārum	turnerōrum
Dative	turnerō		turnerō		turnerīs
Accusative	turnerum	turneram	turnerum		turnerōs	turnerās	turnera
Ablative	turnerō	turnerā	turnerō		turnerīs
Vocative	turner	turnera	turnerum		turnerī	turnerae	turnera

Synonyms

• (trumpeter): tubicinātor, tubocantius, tubicen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. 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			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the 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)