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turbine

See also: Turbine and turbiné

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A radial turbine

Etymology

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Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).

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Noun

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turbine (plural turbines)

  1. Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
    • 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
      Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /turbiːnə/, [ˈtˢuɐ̯ˌb̥iːnə]

Noun

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turbine c (singular definite turbinen, plural indefinite turbiner)

  1. turbine

Declension

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Declension of turbine
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative turbine turbinen turbiner turbinerne
genitive turbines turbinens turbiners turbinernes

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Dutch

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turbine f (plural turbines, diminutive turbinetje n)

  1. turbine

Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: turbin

Further reading

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  • “turbine” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin turbinem.

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turbine f (plural turbines)

  1. turbine
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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turbine

  1. inflection of turbiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Friulian

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Noun

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turbine f (plural turbinis)

  1. turbine

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin turbinem.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtur.bi.ne/
  • Rhymes: -urbine
  • Hyphenation: tùr‧bi‧ne

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turbine m (plural turbini)

  1. whirlwind
    Synonyms: vortice, mulinello
  2. gust (of wind, snow, dust, etc.)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbinem.

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  • IPA(key): /turˈbi.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: tur‧bì‧ne

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turbine

  1. plural of turbina

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Latin

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turbine

  1. ablative singular of turbō

Portuguese

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turbine

  1. inflection of turbinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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turbine

  1. inflection of turbinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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