adj · 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪd/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈtəːd͡ʒɪd/
General-American:/ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd/
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General-American:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland:/ˈtʌɾd͡ʒɪd/
New-Zealand:/ˈtøːd͡ʒəd/
Wales:/ˈtøːd͡ʒɪd/
/ˈteːd͡ʒɪd/Liverpool, fair–fur merger
/ˈtɛːd͡ʒɪd/Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
CMU ARPABET:T ER1 JH IH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Latin turgeō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin turgidusbor. English turgid From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
подут
(podut)
— distended beyond natural state
Bulgarian:
подпухнал
(podpuhnal)
— distended beyond natural state
Czech:
napuchlý
— distended beyond natural state
Czech:
oteklý
— distended beyond natural state
Czech:
zduřelý
— distended beyond natural state
Dutch:
gezwollen
— distended beyond natural state
Dutch:
opgezwollen
— distended beyond natural state
Finnish:
turvonnut
— distended beyond natural state
French:
turgide
— distended beyond natural state
Galician:
turxescente
— distended beyond natural state
Georgian:
გაბერილი
(gaberili)
— distended beyond natural state
German:
geschwollen
— distended beyond natural state
German:
aufgeblasen
— distended beyond natural state
German:
angeschwollen
— distended beyond natural state
Irish:
borrtha
— distended beyond natural state
Italian:
turgido
— distended beyond natural state
Latin:
turgidus
— distended beyond natural state
Norwegian:
svulstig
— distended beyond natural state
Portuguese:
túrgido
— distended beyond natural state
Russian:
опу́хший
(opúxšij)
— distended beyond natural state
Spanish:
turgente
— distended beyond natural state
Spanish:
túrgido
— distended beyond natural state
Swedish:
uppsvullen
— distended beyond natural state
Swedish:
svulstig
— distended beyond natural state
Turkish:
kabarık
— distended beyond natural state
Turkish:
şişik
— distended beyond natural state
Turkish:
şişmiş
— distended beyond natural state
Bulgarian:
надут
(nadut)
— pompous or bombastic
Bulgarian:
високопарен
(visokoparen)
— pompous or bombastic
Czech:
nabubřelý
— pompous or bombastic
Czech:
nadutý
— pompous or bombastic
Czech:
bombastický
— pompous or bombastic
Dutch:
gezwollen
— pompous or bombastic
Dutch:
wollig
— pompous or bombastic
Finnish:
mahtipontinen
— pompous or bombastic
Finnish:
suureellinen
— pompous or bombastic
Georgian:
მაღალფარდოვანი
(maɣalpardovani)
— pompous or bombastic
Georgian:
პომპეზური
(ṗomṗezuri)
— pompous or bombastic
German:
geschwollen
— pompous or bombastic
German:
aufgeblasen
— pompous or bombastic
German:
schwülstig
— pompous or bombastic
Latin:
turgidus
— pompous or bombastic
Norwegian:
svulstig
— pompous or bombastic
Norwegian:
pompøs
— pompous or bombastic
Portuguese:
empolado
— pompous or bombastic
Russian:
напы́щенный
(napýščennyj)
— pompous or bombastic
Russian:
помпе́зный
(pompéznyj)
— pompous or bombastic
