different between turn vs spiral

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??n/
• (General American) enPR: tûrn, IPA^(key): /t?n/
• Homophones: tern, tarn
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Etymology 1

From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin torn?re (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þr?wan (“to turn, twist, wind”). Displaced native Old English wendan.

Verb

turn (third-person singular simple present turns, present participle turning, simple past and past participle turned or (obsolete) turnt)

1. To make a non-linear physical movement.
   1. (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.

      • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."

   2. (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
   3. (intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.
   4. (intransitive, figuratively) to change the course of.
   5. (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.

   6. (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
   7. (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.

   8. (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.

   9. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
   10. (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
2. (intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
   1. (copulative) To become (begin to be).

      Synonyms: become, get

   2. (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

   3. To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
      1. (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.

      2. (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.

      3. (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
         • 2017, Michael J. Totten, Into the Wasteland: A Zombie Novel

           His companions had turned him on purpose. Annie, bless her heart, was immune.

   4. To reach a certain age.

   5. To hinge; to depend.
   6. To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

   7. To change personal condition.
      1. (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
      2. To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
      3. To sicken; to nauseate.

      4. To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
3. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
4. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.

5. (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.

6. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
7. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

8. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
9. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
10. (archaic) To translate.
    • 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires

      who turns a Persian tale for half a crown

11. (transitive, role-playing games) To magically or divinely attack undead.

Synonyms

• (move around an axis through itself): rotate, spin, twirl
• (change the direction or orientation of): rotate
• (change one's direction of travel): steer, swerve, tack
• (nautical)
• (position (something) by folding it back on itself):
• (become): become, get, go
• (rebel): rebel, revolt
• (shape on a lathe): lathe
• (go bad): go bad, go off, sour, spoil
• (complete): complete

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

Noun

turn (plural turns)

1. A change of direction or orientation.
2. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
   2. (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
3. A walk to and fro.

   Synonym: promenade

4. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
5. A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.

6. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
7. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
8. The time required to complete a project.

   Synonym: turnaround

9. A fit or a period of giddiness.
10. A change in temperament or circumstance.

11. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
12. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
13. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
14. A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.

15. A single loop of a coil.
16. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
17. Character; personality; nature.
18. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
19. (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
    • 1960, Theatre Notebook (volumes 14-16, page 122)

      Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances.

20. (printing, dated) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
21. (Britain, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
    • 1977, Michael Arthur Firth, Valuation of Shares and the Efficient-markets Theory (page 11)

      There are usually at least two jobbers who specialise in the leading stocks, and this acts to keep the jobber's turn to a reasonable amount […]

Synonyms

• (change of direction or orientation):
• (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation): 360° turn, complete rotation, complete turn, full rotation, full turn
• (single loop of a coil): loop
• (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others): go
• (one's chance to make a move in a game): go, move
• (figure in music):
• (time required to complete a project):
• (fit or period of giddiness): dizziness, dizzy spell, giddiness
• (change in temperament or circumstance): change, swing
• (sideways movement of a cricket ball):

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (t?n)

Translations

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot
• ornament
• trill

Anagrams

• runt

Finnish

Etymology

< English turn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tø?n/, [?t?ø??n]

Noun

turn

1. (poker) turn (fourth communal card in Texas hold'em)

Declension

Synonyms

• neljäs avokortti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin turris (“tower”). Cognate with Danish tårn and German Turm. First appears in the 12th or 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??rtn/
• Rhymes: -?rtn

Noun

turn m (genitive singular turns, nominative plural turnar)

1. tower

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb turne; compare with German Turnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

turn m (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. gymnastics (athletic discipline)

Related terms

• gymnastikk
• turner

References

• “turn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb turne

Noun

turn m (uncountable)

1. gymnastics (athletic discipline)

Related terms

• gymnastikk

References

• “turn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Turm, from Latin turrem, accusative form of turris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /turn/

Noun

turn n (plural turnuri)

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Declension

Synonyms

• (chess rook): tur?

See also

English

Etymology

From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek ?????? (speíra, “wreath, coil, twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spa???l/
• Rhymes: -a???l

Noun

spiral (plural spirals)

1. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
2. (informal) A helix.
3. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

spiral (not comparable)

1. Helical, like a spiral

Translations

Verb

spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)

1. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.

   The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.

2. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.

   You need to learn how to spiral a ball.

3. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

   Her debts were spiralling out of control.

Translations

Further reading

• spiral on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Aprils, Plairs, prials

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

spiral c (singular definite spiralen, plural indefinite spiraler)

1. spiral

Declension

Further reading

• “spiral” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spiral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi.?al/

Adjective

spiral (feminine singular spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)

1. spiral

Noun

spiral m (plural spiraux)

1. spiral

Further reading

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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

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Noun

spiral

1. hip

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira

Noun

spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiraler, definite plural spiralene)

1. a spiral, coil
2. a coil (contraceptive device)

Derived terms

• spiralfjær
• spiraltrapp

References

• “spiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira

Noun

spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiralar, definite plural spiralane)

1. a spiral, coil
2. a coil (contraceptive device)

Derived terms

• spiraltrapp

References

• “spiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French spiral

Adjective

spiral m or n (feminine singular spiral?, masculine plural spirali, feminine and neuter plural spirale)

1. spiral

Declension

Further reading

• spiral in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

spiral c

1. spiral

Declension