different between turney vs turner

English

Noun

turney (plural turneys)

1. Obsolete form of tourney.

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Verb

turney (third-person singular simple present turneys, present participle turneying, simple past and past participle turneyed)

1. Obsolete form of tourney.

Anagrams

• yernut

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: tûrn?r, IPA^(key): /?t???n??/
• (UK) enPR: tûn?(r), IPA^(key): /?t??n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)n?(r)

Etymology 1

turn +? -er

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. One who or that which turns.
2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe
3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
4. (zoology) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
5. (cricket) A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
6. An acrobat or gymnast especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

Synonyms

• (kitchen utensil): spatula

Translations

Etymology 2

From German.

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. (sports) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

Etymology 3

Noun

turner (plural turners)

1. (historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.

Anagrams

• return

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

turner m (plural turners, diminutive turnertje n)

1. gymnast

Latin

Etymology

Latinised German Thurner (“trumpeter, bugler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tur.ner/, [?t??rn?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tur.ner/, [?t?urn?r]

Noun

turner m (genitive turner?); second declension

1. bugler
2. trumpeter

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Synonyms

• (trumpeter): tubicin?tor, tubocantius, tubicen

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

turner m (definite singular turneren, indefinite plural turnere, definite plural turnerne)

1. gymnast

Related terms

• turn

References

• “turner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

turner

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of torner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) turnar
• (Vallader) tuornar

Etymology

From Latin torn?, torn?re (“turn”), from tornus (“lathe”).

Verb

turner

1. (Puter) to return, go back, come back
2. (Puter) to return, come back (home)