torpedo

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• UK: /ˌtɔː(ɹ)ˈpiː.dəʊ/
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• US: /ˌtoɹˈpi.doʊ/
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• rhymes with -iːdəʊ
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* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti). * (type of car): From 1908, after "the Torpedo", a car designed by Captain Theo Masui.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: torpilë — underwater weapon
• Albanian: silur — underwater weapon
• Arabic: طُرْبِيد (ṭurbīd) — underwater weapon
• Armenian: տորպեդ (torped) — underwater weapon
• Azerbaijani: torpeda — underwater weapon
• Belarusian: тарпе́да (tarpjéda) — underwater weapon
• Belarusian: тарпэ́да (tarpéda) — underwater weapon
• Bengali: টর্পেডো (ṭorpeḍō) — underwater weapon
• Bulgarian: торпе́до (torpédo) — underwater weapon
• Catalan: torpede — underwater weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚雷 /鱼雷 (yúléi) — underwater weapon
• Czech: torpédo — underwater weapon
• Danish: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Dutch: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Esperanto: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Estonian: torpeedo — underwater weapon
• Finnish: torpedo — underwater weapon
• French: torpille — underwater weapon
• Galician: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Georgian: ტორპედო (ṭorṗedo) — underwater weapon
• German: Torpedo — underwater weapon
• Greek: τορπίλη (torpíli) — underwater weapon
• Gujarati: નૌકાનાશક (naukānāśak) — underwater weapon
• Hindi: टॉरपीडो (ṭŏrpīḍo) — underwater weapon
• Hindi: टारपीडो (ṭārpīḍo) — underwater weapon
• Hungarian: torpedó — underwater weapon
• Icelandic: tundurskeyti — underwater weapon
• Indonesian: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Italian: siluro — underwater weapon
• Italian: torpedine — underwater weapon
• Japanese: 魚雷 (gyorai) — underwater weapon
• Kazakh: торпеда (torpeda) — underwater weapon
• Korean: 어뢰 (eoroe) — underwater weapon
• Kyrgyz: торпеда (torpeda) — underwater weapon
• Latvian: torpēda — underwater weapon
• Lithuanian: torpeda — underwater weapon
• Macedonian: торпе́до (torpédo) — underwater weapon
• Malay: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Māori: tōpīto — underwater weapon
• Marathi: टॉरपीडो (ṭŏrpīḍo) — underwater weapon
• Central Melanau: topedo — underwater weapon
• Norwegian Bokmål: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Iranian Persian: اَژْدَر (aždar) — underwater weapon
• Iranian Persian: تُرْپی (torpi) — underwater weapon
• Polish: torpeda — underwater weapon
• Portuguese: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Romanian: torpilă — underwater weapon
• Romanian: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Russian: торпе́да (torpéda) — underwater weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: торпе́до — underwater weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: torpédo — underwater weapon
• Slovak: torpédo — underwater weapon
• Slovene: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Spanish: torpedo — underwater weapon
• Swedish: torped — underwater weapon
• Tajik: торпеда (torpeda) — underwater weapon
• Thai: ตอร์ปิโด (dtɔɔ-bpì-doo) — underwater weapon
• Turkish: torpido — underwater weapon
• Ukrainian: торпе́да (torpéda) — underwater weapon
• Uyghur: تورپېدا (torpëda) — underwater weapon
• Uzbek: torpeda — underwater weapon
• Vietnamese: ngư lôi — underwater weapon
• Volapük: torped — underwater weapon
• Bulgarian: електри́чески скат (elektríčeski skat) — fish
• Chinese Mandarin: 鰩魚 /鳐鱼 (yáoyú) — fish
• Finnish: sähkörausku — fish
• French: torpille — fish
• Galician: trémaro — fish
• German: Zitterrochen — fish
• Hungarian: zsibbasztó rája — fish
• Italian: torpedine — fish
• Italian: torpiglia — fish
• Russian: торпе́до (torpédo) — fish
• Russian: электри́ческий скат (elektríčeskij skat) — fish
• Serbo-Croatian: др̀хтуља — fish
• Serbo-Croatian: dr̀htulja — fish
• Spanish: torpedo — fish
• Spanish: raya eléctrica — fish
• Volapük: torpeod — fish
• Catalan: torpedinar — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Czech: torpédovat — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Danish: torpedere — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Dutch: torpederen — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Finnish: torpedoida — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• French: torpiller — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• German: torpedieren — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Greek: τορπιλίζω (torpilízo) — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Italian: silurare — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Japanese: 雷撃する (raigeki suru) — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Polish: torpedować — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Portuguese: torpedear — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Russian: торпеди́ровать (torpedírovatʹ) — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Spanish: torpedear — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Swedish: torpedera — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Thai: ทิ้งระเบิดตอร์ปิโด (tíng-rá-bə̀ət-dtɔɔ-bpì-doo) — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Volapük: torpedön — to strike a ship with a torpedo
• Bulgarian: торпилирам (torpiliram) — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Catalan: torpedinar — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Danish: torpedere — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Finnish: torpedoida — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• French: torpiller — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Greek: τορπιλίζω (torpilízo) — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Italian: silurare — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Japanese: 雷撃する (raigeki suru) — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Māori: tōpīto — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Polish: torpedować — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Russian: торпеди́ровать (torpedírovatʹ) — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Spanish: torpedear — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Swedish: torpedera — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Thai: ทิ้งระเบิดตอร์ปิโด (tíng-rá-bə̀ət-dtɔɔ-bpì-doo) — to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes
• Danish: torpedere — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• Finnish: torpedoida — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• French: torpiller — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• Greek: τορπιλίζω (torpilízo) — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• Italian: silurare — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• Spanish: torpedear — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• Swedish: torpedera — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack
• Thai: ทิ้งระเบิดตอร์ปิโด (tíng-rá-bə̀ət-dtɔɔ-bpì-doo) — to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack