See also: Turgor

English edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin turgor, from turgēre (to be swollen) +‎ -or (forms a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root).

Noun edit

turgor (countable and uncountable, plural turgors)

  1. Turgidity.
  2. (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
  3. (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

turgeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

turgor m (genitive turgōris); third declension

  1. swelling
  2. turgidity, bombast

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative turgor turgōrēs
Genitive turgōris turgōrum
Dative turgōrī turgōribus
Accusative turgōrem turgōrēs
Ablative turgōre turgōribus
Vocative turgor turgōrēs

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Descendants edit

  • English: turgor
  • Italian: turgore
  • Portuguese: turgor

References edit

  • turgor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • turgor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press