turn
English
/tɜːn/, /tɝn/
verb
Definitions
- (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
- (heading) To change condition or attitude.
- (obsolete) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (transitive) To complete.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (printing) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
- (archaic) To translate.
- (transitive) To magically or divinely attack undead.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English turnen inherited from Old English turnian derived from Old French torner (turn) derived from Latin tornāre (turn in a lathe, round off, turn) derived from Ancient Greek τόρνος (turning lathe, carpenter's tool for drawing a circle, turning-lathe a tool used for making circles, a tool used for making circles) derived from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terh₁-
Gloss
rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- again English
- ampere English
- ampere-turn English
- back English
- beturn English
- boy English
- broach English
- buckle English
- cloak English
- coat English
- cock English
- counterturn English
- deturn English
- down English
- downturn English
- downturned English
- gainturn English
- gainturning English
- interturn English
- intraturn English
- inturn English
- inturned English
- key English
- midturn English
- misturn English
- multiturn English
- off English
- out English
- outturn English
- over English
- overturn English
- overturnable English
- overturner English
- overturnest English
- overturneth English
- plate English
- preturn English
- round English
- screw English
- shoe English
- sick English
- skin English
- spit English
- stile English
- stomach-turning English
- stone English
- table English
- tail English
- tippet English
- turn out English
- turnability English
- turnable English
- turnably English
- turnabout English
- turnagain English
- turnback English
- turnboy English
- turnbroach English
- turnbuckle English
- turncloak English
- turncoat English
- turncock English
- turndown English
- turned English
- turner English
- turnery English
- turnest English
- turneth English
- turning English
- turningness English
- turnkey English
- turnoff English
- turnout English
- turnover English
- turnplate English
- turnround English
- turnscrew English
- turnshoe English
- turnsick English
- turnskin English
- turnspit English
- turnstile English
- turnstiled English
- turnstone English
- turnt English
- turntable English
- turntablism English
- turntablist English
- turntail English
- turntippet English
- turnwrest English
- turny English
- underturn English
- unturn English
- unturnable English
- unturned English
- upturn English
- upturned English
- upturneth English
- upturning English
- woodturner English
- woodturning English
- wrest English
- turn Finnish
- dētrītus Latin
- tarmes Latin
- tero Latin
- tersus Latin
- tornus Latin
- tornāre Latin
- tornāre, torno Latin
- tornāre, torno, tornō Latin
- tornāre, tornō Latin
- tornō Latin
- tribulum Latin
- trio Latin
- vorāre Latin
- Törn German
- tornare Italian
- turno Italian
- détourner French
- entourner French
- retourner French
- tournage French
- tournailler French
- tourner French
- tourneur French
- tournevis French
- tournis French
- tournure French
- турник Russian
- entornar Spanish, Castilian
- tornado Spanish, Castilian
- tornamesas Spanish, Castilian
- tornar Spanish, Castilian
- turnar Spanish, Castilian
- διατρίβω Ancient Greek
- διατριβή Ancient Greek
- τέρετρον Ancient Greek
- τείρω Ancient Greek
- τράγαινα Ancient Greek
- τράγινος Ancient Greek
- τράγιον Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- τρίβανον Ancient Greek
- τρίβω Ancient Greek
- τραγοπώγων Ancient Greek
- τρώγω Ancient Greek
- τρώκτης Ancient Greek
- τρῆμα Ancient Greek
- τόρνος Ancient Greek
- ἀτειρής Ancient Greek
- Ἀτρυτώνη Ancient Greek
- ὠμοτριβής Ancient Greek
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *torh₂no- Proto-Indo-European
- *tórmos Proto-Indo-European
- *þreskaną Proto-Germanic
- *þreskwaną, *þreskaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrēaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrēduz Proto-Germanic
- ターン Japanese
- ターンテーブル Japanese
- tørn Norwegian Nynorsk
- tørne Norwegian Nynorsk
- beþrawan Old English
- turnian Old English
- þrāwan Old English
- *gaynturn Middle English
- biturnen Middle English
- inturnen Middle English
- misturnen Middle English
- overturnen Middle English
- throwen Middle English
- tornen Middle English
- turnen Middle English
- turnen out Middle English
- turnet Middle English
- underturnen Middle English
- upturnen Middle English
- withturnen Middle English
- *terti Proto-Slavic
- destorner Old French
- torner Old French
- trestorner Old French
- torni Esperanto
- turni Esperanto
- atârna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- turna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- taro Welsh
- touônner Norman
- tourner Middle French
- tornar Old Portuguese
- *tarankyos Proto-Celtic
- *tarrV- Proto-Celtic
- *torr-V- Proto-Celtic
- *térh₁-tro-m Proto-Celtic
- tornar Asturian
- tornâ Friulian
- tornar Old Occitan
- tornar Venetian
- tanim Tok Pisin
- tornuar Dalmatian
- tounen Haitian, Haitian Creole
- tourner Walloon
- torrare Sardinian
- turnà Istriot
- out
- off
- key
- boy
- skin
- cock
- spit
- over
- sick
- tail
- shoe
- back
- coat
- down
- plate
- again
- about
- cloak
- stone
- table
- screw
- round
- turnt
- turny
- stile
- wrest
- deturn
- beturn
- upturn
- turner
- broach
- ampere
- inturn
- tippet
- unturn
- buckle
- turned
- turnest
- misturn
- turnery
- midturn
- turnout
- turneth
- turnboy
- outturn
- preturn
- turnkey
- turnoff
- turning
- overturn
- turncoat
- turncock
- inturned
- turntail
- turnback
- upturned
- turndown
- gainturn
- turnshoe
- unturned
- turnably
- downturn
- turnspit
- turn out
- turnskin
- turnsick
- turnable
- turnover
- turnstile
- upturneth
- upturning
- multiturn
- interturn
- turnwrest
- turnround
- turnagain
- intraturn
- turntable
- underturn
- turncloak
- turnscrew
- turnstone
- turnplate
- turnabout
- turnbroach
- turnstiled
- overturner
- unturnable
- turnbuckle
- downturned
- woodturner
- turntippet
- counterturn
- turnability
- overturnest
- turningness
- woodturning
- ampere-turn
- turntablist
- gainturning
- turntablism
- overturneth
- overturnable
- stomach-turning