tartaruga

Oznaczający

1. (feminine) turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)
2. (feminine) sea turtle
3. (colloquial,feminine) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)
4. (colloquial,feminine,figuratively) a slow person

Łączone jako

tar‧ta‧ru‧ga

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Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/taʁ.taˈɾu.ɡɐ/

Etymologia

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Sense 3 comes from the shape of a cat's eye that resembles a turtle shell.