Turner

See also: turner

English

Etymology

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: tûrʹnər; IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.nɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûʹnə(r); IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name.
3. A placename.
   1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
      2. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
      3. Former name of Tuttle, California.
      4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
      5. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
      6. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
      7. A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
      8. An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
      9. A city in Marion County, Oregon.
      10. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
      11. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
      12. Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.
   3. Ellipsis of Turner Township.
   4. Ellipsis of Turner County.

Derived terms

• Turner County
• Turners Hill
• Turner Township
• Turner Valley

 

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特納／特纳 (Tènà)

• Russian: Те́рнер (ru) m (Térner)

Noun

Turner (plural Turners)

1. A person who has Turner syndrome.
   • 1960, Institute of Biology Journal:

     […] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.

2. Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”)

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Latin tornus (“lathe, potter's wheel”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”).

Noun

Turner m

1. (Uri) A device used to turn cheese vats.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 21.

German

Etymology

From turnen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʊʁnɐ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Tur‧ner

Noun

Turner m (strong, genitive Turners, plural Turner, feminine Turnerin)

1. a male gymnast

Declension

Declension of Turner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Turner	die	Turner
genitive	eines	des	Turners	der	Turner
dative	einem	dem	Turner	den	Turnern
accusative	einen	den	Turner	die	Turner

Hyponyms

• Bodenturner
• Einzelturner
• Geräteturner
• Kunstturner
• Reckturner
• Trampolinturner

Further reading

• “Turner” in Duden online
• “Turner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache