Turin

See also: Turín and tuřín

English

Etymology

From Italian Torino, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (bull) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tjʊəˈɹɪn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /təˈɹɪn/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Proper noun

Turin (countable and uncountable, plural Turins)

  1. The capital city of Piedmont, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy.
  3. Other places:
    1. A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada.
  4. (countable) A surname.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ty.ʁɛ̃/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Turin ?

  1. Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)
  2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈriːn/

Proper noun

Turin n (proper noun, genitive Turins or (optionally with an article) Turin)

  1. Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)
  2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe.

Pronunciation

  • (low-middle class Turinese) IPA(key): [tyˈrɪŋ]
  • (Italialized upper class Turinese) IPA(key): [tyˈriŋ]

Proper noun

Turin ?

  1. Turin

Swedish

Proper noun

Turin n (genitive Turins)

  1. Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)
  2. Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)
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