turbot

  • 1turbot — [ tyrbo ] n. m. • 1393; en norm. 1215; turbut déb. XIIe; anc. nord. °thorn butr, littéralt « barbue (butr) à épines (thorn) » ♦ Zool. Poisson marin plat des côtes européennes (pleuronectiformes), à la chair très estimée. Turbot grillé sauce… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2turbot — TURBOT. s. m. Sorte de poisson de mer du genre des poissons plats, & qui est excellent à manger. Grand turbot. turbot fort épais …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 3Turbot — Tur bot, n. [F.; probably so named from its shape, and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4turbot — [tʉr′bət] n. pl. turbot or turbots [ME turbut < OFr tourbout, prob. < OSwed törnbut < törn, thorn (akin to THORN) + but, BUTT1 (so named from the spines)] any of various flounders, highly valued as food …

    English World dictionary

  • 5Turbot — Turbot, so v.w. Flunderscholle …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 6Turbot — Turbot, s. Schollen, S. 943 …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 7Turbot — Turbot, Fisch, s. Schollen …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 8turbot — (n.) large flat fish, c.1300, from O.Fr. turbut (12c.), probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.Swed. törnbut, from törn thorn + but flatfish; see HALIBUT (Cf. halibut)). But OED says of uncertain origin and speculates on a connection to L.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 9turbot — Turbot, espece de poisson de mer, Rhombus …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 10turbot — ► NOUN (pl. same or turbots) ▪ a flatfish of inshore waters, which has large bony tubercles on the body and is prized as food. ORIGIN Scandinavian …

    English terms dictionary

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