turbulent

From Middle English turbulent, from Middle French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus, from turba (“disorder, tumult, crowd”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːbjələnt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝbjələnt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːbjələnt/
• Hyphenation: tur‧bu‧lent

turbulent (comparative more turbulent, superlative most turbulent)

1. violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous

   It is dangerous to sail in turbulent seas.

2. being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest

   The mid-19th century was a turbulent time in American history.

   • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.

• “turbulent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “turbulent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “turbulent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From Middle Dutch turbulent, from Middle French turbulent, from Old French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʏr.byˈlɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: tur‧bu‧lent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

turbulent (comparative turbulenter, superlative turbulentst)

1. turbulent

• turbulentie

• → Indonesian: turbulen

Inherited from Middle French turbulent, from Old French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.by.lɑ̃/

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turbulent (feminine turbulente, masculine plural turbulents, feminine plural turbulentes)

1. turbulent
2. unruly

• “turbulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin turbulentus.

• IPA^(key): /tʊʁbuˈlɛnt/

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turbulent (strong nominative masculine singular turbulenter, comparative turbulenter, superlative am turbulentesten)

1. turbulent

• “turbulent” in Duden online
• “turbulent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from Latin turbulentus.

turbulent (neuter singular turbulent, definite singular and plural turbulente)

1. turbulent

• “turbulent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin turbulentus.

turbulent (neuter singular turbulent, definite singular and plural turbulente)

1. turbulent

• “turbulent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• türbülent

• IPA^(key): /tyrbyˈlɛŋt/

turbulent

1. turbulent

Borrowed from French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.

turbulent m or n (feminine singular turbulentă, masculine plural turbulenți, feminine and neuter plural turbulente)

1. turbulent

turbulent (comparative turbulentare, superlative turbulentast)

1. turbulent (agitated, whirling)
2. (figuratively) turbulent, tumultuous

• turbulens

• turbulent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• turbulent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)