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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turba.
Pronunciation
Noun
turba f (plural turbes)
- crowd
Further reading
Estonian
Noun
turba
- genitive singular of turvas
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French tourbe, from Proto-Germanic *turbz.
Noun
turba f (plural turbas)
- peat
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Latin turba.
Noun
turba f (plural turbas)
- (literary) mob
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “turba”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “turba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “turba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “turba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
turbā̀ f (possessed form turbàr̃)
- path, track, lane
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
turba
- inflection of turbare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
From Latin turba.
Noun
turba f (plural turbe)
- crowd, throng
- mob
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Probably from Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē, “tumult, disorder, turmoil”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”); related to English storm.
Pronunciation
Noun
turba f (genitive turbae); first declension
- turmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl
- Synonyms: rebellio, seditio, inquies, concursus, inquiētūdō, perculsus, tumultus
- Antonyms: quies, otium, tranquillitas, serenitas, pax
- mob, crowd, throng
- Synonyms: multitūdō, grex
- multitude
- Synonym: multitūdō
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
turbā
- second-person singular present active imperative of turbō
References
- “turba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “turba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- turba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- turba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the lictors clear the way: lictores summovent turbam (Liv. 4. 50)
- turba in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “turba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “turba”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “turba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 634
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin turba.
Pronunciation
Noun
turba f (plural turbas)
- crowd, throng
- mob
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:turba.
Etymology 2
Verb
turba
- inflection of turbar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin turbāre.
Verb
a turba (third-person singular present turbă, past participle turbat) 1st conjugation
- to rage, go mad
Conjugation
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuɾba/
- Rhymes: -uɾba
- Syllabification: tur‧ba
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin turba.
Noun
turba f (plural turbas)
- mob
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French tourbe, from Proto-Germanic *turbz.
Noun
turba f (plural turbas)
- peat
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
turba f
- feminine singular of turbo
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
turba
- inflection of turbar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Zaghawa
Noun
turba
- graveyard
References