tortue

Senso (English)

turtle or tortoise

Synonyms

tortue terrestre

renverser

Geochelone

testudinidae

testudinidés

testudo

chavirer

geochelone

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɔʁ.ty/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from francese medio: tortue

Borrowed from provenzale antico: tortuga

Cognate with spagnolo: tortuga

Cognate with italiano: tartaruga

In summary

Inherited from Middle French tortue, borrowed from Old Occitan tortuga, tartuga, from Late Latin tartarūcha, feminine form of tartarūchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “resident or native of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Cf. also Medieval Latin tortuca. Compare Spanish tortuga, Italian tartaruga.