tornus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) A turner's wheel, lathe.
2. (declension-2, masculine) A potter's wheel.

Concepts

lathe

Translations

torn

Drehbank

Drehmaschine

Holzdrehmaschine

Drehautomat

Drechselbank

τόρνος

tornio

draaibank

torno

turno

torna

torna tezgahı

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɔr.nʊs]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).