different between roaring vs turbulent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: roar?ing

Adjective

roaring

1. Intensive; extreme.
2. Very successful; lively.

   Synonyms: thriving, prosperous, bustling; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

   The ice-cream sellers did a roaring trade in the midday heat.

   • 1903, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy Chapter 17

     But finally we came to a river with hundreds of boats upon it, and there was a magnificent bridge, and on the other bank was a roaring city, and through the fog the rain came down thick as the tears of the angels. "That 's London," said I.

Verb

roaring

1. present participle of roar

Noun

roaring (plural roarings)

1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.
2. An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion.
3. (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??bj?l?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?bj?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: tur?bu?lent

Adjective

turbulent (comparative more turbulent, superlative most turbulent)

1. violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous

2. being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• turbulent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• turbulent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• turbulent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?r.by?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: tur?bu?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

turbulent (comparative turbulenter, superlative turbulentst)

1. turbulent

Inflection

Derived terms

• turbulentie

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty?.by.l??/

Adjective

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

1. turbulent
2. unruly

Further reading

• “turbulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turbulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??bu?l?nt/

Adjective

turbulent (comparative turbulenter, superlative am turbulentesten)

1. turbulent

Declension

Further reading

• “turbulent” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turbulentus

Adjective

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

1. turbulent

References

• “turbulent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turbulentus

Adjective

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

1. turbulent

References

• “turbulent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• türbülent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyrby?l??t/

Adjective

turbulent

1. turbulent

Romanian

Etymology

From French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.

Adjective

turbulent m or n (feminine singular turbulent?, masculine plural turbulen?i, feminine and neuter plural turbulente)

1. turbulent

Declension