terrapin

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəpɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈtɛɹəˌpɪn/
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• Southern-US: /ˈtæɹəˌpɪn/
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• Southern-US: /ˈtɛɚpɪn/
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• Southern-US: /ˈtɑɹpɪn/
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• Southern-US: /-ən/
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From torup (“snapping turtle native to North America, especially the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)”) or from its etymon Powhatan *tōrəp (“sea turtle”) + possibly English -ine (suffix forming derivative or diminutive nouns), perhaps influenced by Latin terra (“dry land; soil; planet Earth”). Cognate with Abenaki tolba (“turtle”), Penobscot dolba and Unami (pisëla)tulpe (“soft-shelled turtle”).

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: сладководна костенурка (sladkovodna kostenurka) — any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water
• Czech: želva — any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water
• Polish: terapena — any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water
• Portuguese: cágado — any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water
• Arabic: حَمَسَة (ḥamasa) — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Arabic: رَقّ (raqq) — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Asturian: galápagu — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Cherokee: ᏓᎦᏏ (dagasi) — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Cherokee: ᏓᎩᏏ (dagisi) — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 水龜 /水龟 (shuǐguī) — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Choctaw: luksi — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Czech: želva — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Danish: sumpskildpadde — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Dutch: moerasschildpad — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Dutch: specifically the genus doosschildpad — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Finnish: suokilpikonna — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• French: tortue aquatique — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Irish: tiripín — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Italian: emide — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Japanese: キスイガメ — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Malay: labi-labi — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Malayalam: ആമ (āma) — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Norwegian Bokmål: sumpskilpadde — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sumpskjelpadde — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Portuguese: terrapin — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Portuguese: cágado — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Spanish: terrapene — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Vietnamese: rùa ao — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae
• Vietnamese: rùa đầm — any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae