turbot

From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːbət/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝbət/

turbot (plural turbot or turbots)

1. Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps‎:

     Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.

3. A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).

• turbot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scophthalmidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scophthalmidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• turbó

Borrowed from French turbot.

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. turbot

   Synonyms: rèmol empetxinat, rèvola

• “turbot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Old Swedish törnbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt”). The name may have arisen because the fish has an appearance similar to a stump.

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.bo/

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turbot m (plural turbots)

1. turbot

• “turbot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French turbot.

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. (Jersey) turbot

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.bɔt/
• Rhymes: -urbɔt
• Syllabification: tur‧bot

turbot m animal

1. turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

   Synonym: skarp

• turbot in Polish dictionaries at PWN