tortue

Meaning

turtle or tortoise

Concepts

tortoise

turtle

🐢

terrapin

turn turtle

Testudo

Geochelone

genus Geochelone

genus Testudo

capsize

turtle tortoise

sea turtle

Synonyms

tortue terrestre

renverser

Geochelone

testudinidae

testudinidés

testudo

chavirer

geochelone

Translations

Schildkröte

🐢

tortuga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

schildpad

tortuga

🐢

kaplumbağa

🐢

testudo

χελώνα

testuggine

سلحفاة

🐢

chelys

سُلَحْفَاة

tartarugas

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔʁ.ty/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: tortue

Borrowed from Old Provençal: tortuga

Cognate with Spanish: tortuga

Cognate with Italian: 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.