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turbulent
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)
- violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous
- 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)
- 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)
- turbulent
- 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)
- 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)
- turbulent
References
- “turbulent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turbulentus
Adjective
turbulent (neuter singular turbulent, definite singular and plural turbulente)
- turbulent
References
- “turbulent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- türbülent
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyrby?l??t/
Adjective
turbulent
- 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)
- turbulent
Declension
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wild
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?ld, IPA(key): /wa?ld/
- Rhymes: -a?ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþ?, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”).
Adjective
wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)
- Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
- Antonym: tame
- From or relating to wild creatures.
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- (electrical) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- Furious; very angry.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Enthusiastic.
- Inaccurate.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (nautical) Hard to steer; said of a vessel.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Antonym: tame
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- 2009, Leonardo Vanneschi, Steven Gustafson, Alberto Moraglio, Genetic Programming: 12th European Conference
- We define a pattern as a valid GP subtree that might contain wild characters [i.e. wildcards] in any of its nodes.
- 2009, Leonardo Vanneschi, Steven Gustafson, Alberto Moraglio, Genetic Programming: 12th European Conference
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
wild (comparative more wild, superlative most wild)
- Inaccurately; not on target.
Noun
wild (plural wilds)
- The undomesticated state of a wild animal
- (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
- Thus every good his native wilds impart
Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;
And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise
Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies.
- Thus every good his native wilds impart
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
Verb
wild (third-person singular simple present wilds, present participle wilding, simple past and past participle wilded)
- (intransitive, slang) To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
- 1989, David E. Pitt, Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours, New York Times (April 22, 1989), page 1:
- ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".
"It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...
- ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".
- 1999, Busta Rhymes (Trevor Taheim Smith, Jr.), Iz They Wildin Wit Us? (song)
- Now is they wildin with us / And getting rowdy with us.
- 1989, David E. Pitt, Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours, New York Times (April 22, 1989), page 1:
Etymology 2
Noun
wild (plural wilds)
- Alternative form of weald
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wilt, from Dutch wild, from Old Dutch *wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?lt/
Adjective
wild (attributive wilde, comparative wilder, superlative wildste)
- wild
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wilt, from Old Dutch wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþ?, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lt/
- Hyphenation: wild
- Rhymes: -?lt
- Homophone: wilt
Adjective
wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildst)
- wild
Inflection
Derived terms
- wildebras
- wildplassen
- wildplukken
- wildvreemd
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wild
Noun
wild n (uncountable)
- game (food; animals hunted for meat)
- wildlife
- wilderness
Derived terms
- jachtwild
- wildwissel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wild
Anagrams
- lidw.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German wilde, from Old High German wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþ?. Compare Dutch wild, English wild, Danish vild.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?lt/
Adjective
wild (comparative wilder, superlative am wildesten)
- wild
- (obsolete) strange
- Synonym: fremd
Declension
Derived terms
- halb so wild
- wilde Ehe
- wildern
- wildfremd
- Wildheit
Related terms
- Wildente, Wildfang, Wildgans, Wildhengst, Wildlachs, Wildschwein
Further reading
- “wild” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “wild” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “wild” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wild” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Central Franconian weld
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vilt/
Adjective
wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)
- wild
Declension
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German wilde, from Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþ?, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Compare English, Dutch and German wild, West Frisian wyld, Danish vild.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?lt/
Adjective
wild (comparative willer, superlative willst)
- wild
Declension
Maltese
Alternative forms
- weld
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (walad).
Pronunciation
Noun
wild m (plural ulied)
- offspring
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