turtle

CEFRA1

/ˈtɜːtl̩/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A reptile with a hard shell covering its body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A marine reptile of that order.

Examples

  • One day he helped a weak turtle.

  • Please buy me a turtle, Mother, please buy me a turtle.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈtʰɝɾɫ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.

  2. Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

  3. Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

More examples

In context

  • We found a turtle in the garden.

  • Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled.

  • Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television Using an appropriate turtle allows the full range of pan and tilt adjustments on the luminaire and avoids possible heat damage to floor coverings.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Medieval Latin tortuca (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling (See birdling).