English Explanatory Dictionary

turnip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
  2. The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
  3. The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon.
  4. The root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus; jicama.
  5. Clipping of turnip watch
  6. A fool or simpleton.
verb
  1. To plant with turnips.
  2. To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɜː.nɪp/ /ˈtɝ.nɪp/ /ˈtɝ.nəp/ en-us-turnip.ogg

Word forms

turnip turnips turniping turnipping turniped turnipped

Etymology

From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.

Synonyms

summer turnip white turnip rutabaga swede tumshie daikon

Related words

neep rutabaga swede turnip greens

Derived words

blood from a turnip fall off the turnip truck German turnip get blood from a turnip get blood out of a turnip Indian turnip prairie turnip squeeze blood from a turnip squeeze blood out of a turnip Swedish turnip turnip-cabbage turnip cake turnip flea beetle turnip fly turnip for the book turnip for the books turnip head turnip-headed turnip moth turnip-rooted parsley turnip sawfly turnip shell turnip tops turnip watch turnipy Turnip yellow mosaic virus

Translations

Albanian: rrikë Arabic: لِفْت Arabic: لفت Aragonese: napo Armenian: շաղգամ Azerbaijani: şalğam Bashkir: шалҡан Belarusian: рэ́па Belarusian: рэ́пка Bengali: শালগম Bhojpuri: शलजम Bulgarian: ря́па Burmese: မုန်လာဉဝါ Catalan: nap Cherokee: ᏓᏈᏌᏂ Chinese Mandarin: 蕪菁 /芜菁 Chuvash: ҫарӑк Cornish: ervin Cornish: ervinen Cornish: routabaga Cornish: turnypen Czech: vodnice Danish: majroe Dutch: raap Dutch: knolraap Esperanto: rapo Estonian: naeris Faroese: mairót Faroese: hvítarót Finnish: nauris Finnish: rehunauris Finnish: turnipsi Franco-Provençal: râva French: navet Friulian: râf Friulian: râv Friulian: raùç Galician: nabo Georgian: ბოლოკი Georgian: თალგამი German: Speiserübe German: Mairübe German: Teltower Rübchen German: Herbstrübe German: Wasserrübe German: Stoppelrübe German: Weiße Rübe German: Bayrische Rübe German: Rübsen German: Rübsamen German: Rääbe Greek: γογγύλι Ancient Greek: γογγυλίς Hebrew: לֶפֶת Hindi: शलजम Hindi: शलगम Hungarian: fehérrépa Hungarian: tarlórépa Icelandic: næpa Ido: napo Ingrian: nagris Ingrian: turnus Irish: tornapa Italian: rapa Japanese: 蕪 Japanese: 蕪菜 Japanese: 菘
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