tortue

Significado (English)

turtle or tortoise

Synonyms

tortue terrestre

renverser

Geochelone

testudinidae

testudinidés

testudo

chavirer

geochelone

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tɔʁ.ty/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from francês médio: tortue

Borrowed from provençal arcaico: tortuga

Cognate with espanhol: tortuga

Cognate with italiano: 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.