teknősbéka

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From teknős (“testacean”) +‎ béka (“frog”). First attested in 1395. Compare German Schildkröte and Romanian broască-țestoasă. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtɛknøːʒbeːkɒ] Rhymes: -kɒ Hyphenation: tek‧nős‧bé‧ka Syllabification: tek‧nős‧bé‧ka === Noun === teknősbéka (plural teknősbékák) (colloquial, proscribed) turtle (any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body) Synonyms: (dated) teknőc, teknős sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans, especially of the superfamily Chelonioidea) Synonym: tengeri teknős tortoise (any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae or the order Testudines, whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron)) Synonym: szárazföldi teknős terrapin (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water) Synonym: mocsáriteknős ==== Usage notes ==== This word, though common, is often proscribed on the grounds that turtles, which are reptiles, are not closely related to frogs, which are amphibians. The prescribed term is simply teknős (coinciding with the informal, elliptic form of teknősbéka). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === teknősbéka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. teknősbéka in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI