tortue

Meaning

turtle or tortoise

Concepts

tortoise

turtle

Testudo

genus Testudo

Geochelone

genus Geochelone

capsize

turn turtle

turtle tortoise

sea turtle

terrapin

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔʁ.ty/

Etymology

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.