turner

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: tûrʹnər; IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûʹnə(r); IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn +‎ -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”). ==== Noun ==== turner (plural turners) One who or that which turns. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe. A kitchen utensil used for turning food. Synonyms: fish slice, spatula (zoology) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler. (cricket) A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From German Turner (“gymnast”). ==== Noun ==== turner (plural turners) (sports) An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== turner (plural turners) (historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI. === Further reading === “turner”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “turner”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “turner”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “turner”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. === Anagrams === return == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === turner m (plural turners, diminutive turnertje n) gymnast == Latin == === Etymology === Latinised German Thurner (“trumpeter, bugler”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊr.nɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtur.ner] === Noun === turner m (genitive turnerī); second declension bugler trumpeter ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ==== Synonyms ==== (trumpeter): tubicinātor, tubocantius, tubicen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === turner m (definite singular turneren, indefinite plural turnere, definite plural turnerne) gymnast ==== Related terms ==== turn === References === “turner” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old French == === Verb === turner (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of torner ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. == Romansh == === Alternative forms === turnar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tuornar (Vallader) === Etymology === From Latin tornō, tornāre (“turn”), from tornus (“lathe”). === Verb === turner (Puter) to return, go back, come back (Puter) to return, come back (home)