torpedo

Meaning

1. (feminine, masculine) a torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use)
2. (dated, feminine, masculine) a low-lying streamlined car

Concepts

torpedo

moldy

mouldy

Synonyms

sidderrog

terugtraprem

Translations

Torpedo

torpedo

torpede

torpedo

torpedine

torpille

siluro

τορπίλλη

torpido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔrˈpeː.doː/

Etymology

From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), from torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) and -dō (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).