turbot

English

Scophthalmus maximus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Noun

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^[1]:

     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).

Derived terms

• spotted turbot

Translations

Scophthalmus maximus

• Albanian: shkoter, shkotra
• Bulgarian: калкан (bg) m (kalkan)
• Catalan: rèmol empetxinat (ca) m, turbot (ca) m
• Danish: pighvar c
• Dutch: tarbot (nl)
• Faroese: hvassasprek n
• Finnish: piikkikampela (fi)
• French: turbot (fr)
• Galician: rodaballo (gl) m
• German: Steinbutt (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥόμβος m (rhómbos)

• Latin: rhombus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: piggvar m

• Ottoman Turkish: قلقان بالغی (kalkan balığı)
• Polish: skarp (pl) m, turbot (pl) m
• Slovene: romb (sl) m, veliki robec m
• Spanish: rodaballo m

any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae

• Albanian: romb (sq) m
• Bulgarian: калка́н (bg) m (kalkán)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多寶魚／多宝鱼 (do¹ bou² jyu^4-2)

  Mandarin: 大菱鮃／大菱鲆 (zh) (dàlíngpíng)

• Danish: pighvar c
• Estonian: kammeljas
• Finnish: piikkikampela (fi)
• French: turbot (fr) m
• Galician: rodaballo (gl) m, escamudo (gl) m, coruxo m
• German: Steinbutt (de) m
• Greek: καλκάνι (el) n (kalkáni)
• Hungarian: rombuszhal (hu)
• Italian: rombo (it) m
• Japanese: ターボット (tābotto)
• Norman: turbot m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: piggvar
• Ottoman Turkish: قلقان بالغی (kalkan balığı)
• Polish: skarp (pl) m, turbot (pl) m
• Portuguese: pregado (pt), rodovalho (pt)
• Russian: па́лтус (ru) m (páltus)
• Scottish Gaelic: bacan cearr m, pacach-cearr
• Spanish: rodaballo m
• Swedish: piggvar (sv)
• Turkish: kalkan balığı (tr)

triggerfish — see triggerfish

References

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

Catalan

Alternative forms

• turbó

Etymology

Borrowed from French turbot.

Noun

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. turbot

   Synonyms: rèmol empetxinat, rèvola

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.bo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. turbot

Descendants

• → Catalan: turbot
• → English: turbot

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French turbot.

Noun

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. (Jersey) turbot

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

turbot m animal

1. turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

   Synonym: skarp

Declension

Declension of turbot

	singular	plural
nominative	turbot	turboty
genitive	turbota	turbotów
dative	turbotowi	turbotom
accusative	turbota	turboty
instrumental	turbotem	turbotami
locative	turbocie	turbotach
vocative	turbocie	turboty

Further reading

• turbot in Polish dictionaries at PWN