noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɜːbət/
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General-American:/ˈtɝbət/
CMU ARPABET:T ER2 B OW1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:T ER1 B AH2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sea pheasant, turbit
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a large brownish European flatfish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flounder
History
Etymology
From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
shkoter
— Scophthalmus maximus
Albanian:
shkotra
— Scophthalmus maximus
Asturian:
rodaballu
— Scophthalmus maximus
Bulgarian:
калкан
(kalkan)
— Scophthalmus maximus
Catalan:
rèmol empetxinat
— Scophthalmus maximus
Catalan:
turbot
— Scophthalmus maximus
Danish:
pighvar
— Scophthalmus maximus
Dutch:
tarbot
— Scophthalmus maximus
Faroese:
hvassasprek
— Scophthalmus maximus
Finnish:
piikkikampela
— Scophthalmus maximus
French:
turbot
— Scophthalmus maximus
Galician:
rodaballo
— Scophthalmus maximus
German:
Steinbutt
— Scophthalmus maximus
Ancient Greek:
ῥόμβος
(rhómbos)
— Scophthalmus maximus
Italian:
rombo
— Scophthalmus maximus
Latin:
rhombus
— Scophthalmus maximus
Norwegian Bokmål:
piggvar
— Scophthalmus maximus
Polish:
skarp
— Scophthalmus maximus
Polish:
turbot
— Scophthalmus maximus
Portuguese:
pregado
— Scophthalmus maximus
Slovene:
romb
— Scophthalmus maximus
Slovene:
veliki robec
— Scophthalmus maximus
Spanish:
rodaballo
— Scophthalmus maximus
Swedish:
piggvar
— Scophthalmus maximus
Turkish:
kalkan balığı
— Scophthalmus maximus
Ottoman Turkish:
قلقان بالغی
(kalkan balığı)
— Scophthalmus maximus
Albanian:
romb
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Bulgarian:
калка́н
(kalkán)
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Chinese Cantonese:
多寶魚 /多宝鱼
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Chinese Mandarin:
大菱鮃 /大菱鲆
(dàlíngpíng)
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Danish:
pighvar
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Estonian:
kammeljas
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Finnish:
piikkikampela
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
French:
turbot
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Galician:
rodaballo
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Galician:
escamudo
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Galician:
coruxo
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
German:
Steinbutt
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Greek:
καλκάνι
(kalkáni)
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Hungarian:
rombuszhal
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Italian:
rombo
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Japanese:
ターボット
(tābotto)
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Norman:
turbot
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Norwegian:
piggvar
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Polish:
skarp
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Polish:
turbot
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Portuguese:
pregado
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Portuguese:
rodovalho
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Russian:
па́лтус
(páltus)
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Scottish Gaelic:
bacan cearr
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Scottish Gaelic:
pacach-cearr
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Spanish:
rodaballo
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Swedish:
piggvar
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Turkish:
kalkan balığı
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Ottoman Turkish:
قلقان بالغی
(kalkan balığı)
— any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
