noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɜːnɪp/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈtəːnɪp/
US:/ˈtɝ.nɪp/
US:/ˈtɝ.nəp/
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Scotland:/ˈtʌɾnɪp/
New-Zealand:/ˈtøːnəp/
Wales:/ˈtøːnɪp/
/ˈteːnɪp/Liverpool, fair–fur merger
/ˈtɛːnɪp/Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: white turnip, rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip
10
noun
Meaning 10
widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: white turnip, Brassica rapa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turnip plant
History
Etymology
From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.
Across languages
Translations
150 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
rrikë
— white root of Brassica rapa
Arabic:
لِفْت
(lift)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Arabic:
لفت
(lift)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Arabic:
لِفْت
(lift)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Arabic:
لفت
(laft)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Arabic:
لفت
(lífet)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Aragonese:
napo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Armenian:
շաղգամ
(šaġgam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Azerbaijani:
şalğam
— white root of Brassica rapa
Bashkir:
шалҡан
(şalqan)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Belarusian:
рэ́па
(répa)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Belarusian:
рэ́пка
(répka)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Bengali:
শালগম
(śalogom)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Bhojpuri:
शलजम
(śaləjam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Bulgarian:
ря́па
(rjápa)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Burmese:
မုန်လာဉဝါ
(munla-nya.wa)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Catalan:
nap
— white root of Brassica rapa
Cherokee:
ᏓᏈᏌᏂ
(daquisani)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Chinese Mandarin:
蕪菁 /芜菁
(wújīng)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Chuvash:
ҫарӑк
(śarăk)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Cornish:
ervin
— white root of Brassica rapa
Cornish:
ervinen
— white root of Brassica rapa
Cornish:
routabaga
— white root of Brassica rapa
Cornish:
turnypen
— white root of Brassica rapa
Czech:
vodnice
— white root of Brassica rapa
Danish:
majroe
— white root of Brassica rapa
Dutch:
raap
— white root of Brassica rapa
Dutch:
knolraap
— white root of Brassica rapa
Esperanto:
rapo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Estonian:
naeris
— white root of Brassica rapa
Faroese:
mairót
— white root of Brassica rapa
Faroese:
hvítarót
— white root of Brassica rapa
Finnish:
nauris
— white root of Brassica rapa
Finnish:
rehunauris
— white root of Brassica rapa
Finnish:
turnipsi
— white root of Brassica rapa
Franco-Provençal:
râva
— white root of Brassica rapa
French:
navet
— white root of Brassica rapa
Friulian:
râf
— white root of Brassica rapa
Friulian:
râv
— white root of Brassica rapa
Friulian:
raùç
— white root of Brassica rapa
Galician:
nabo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Georgian:
ბოლოკი
(boloḳi)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Georgian:
თალგამი
(talgami)
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Speiserübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Mairübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Teltower Rübchen
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Herbstrübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Wasserrübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Stoppelrübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Weiße Rübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Bayrische Rübe
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Rübsen
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Rübsamen
— white root of Brassica rapa
German:
Rääbe
— white root of Brassica rapa
Greek:
γογγύλι
(gongýli)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ancient Greek:
γογγυλίς
(gongulís)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Hebrew:
לֶפֶת
(léfet)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Hindi:
शलजम
(śaljam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Hindi:
शलगम
(śalgam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Hungarian:
fehérrépa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Hungarian:
tarlórépa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Icelandic:
næpa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ido:
napo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ingrian:
nagris
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ingrian:
turnus
— white root of Brassica rapa
Irish:
tornapa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Italian:
rapa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Japanese:
蕪
(kabu)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Japanese:
蕪菜
(kabuna)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Japanese:
菘
(suzuna)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Kashmiri:
گۄگٕج
(gọgụj)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Kazakh:
шалқан
(şalqan)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Komi-Zyrian:
сёркни
(śorkńi)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Korean:
순무
(sunmu)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Central Kurdish:
شێلِم
(şêlim)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Northern Kurdish:
şêlim
— white root of Brassica rapa
Southern Kurdish:
شەلەم
(şelem)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Kyrgyz:
шалкан
(şalkan)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Kyrgyz:
шалгам
(şalgam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Lao:
ຫົວຜັກເທີນິຟ
(hūa phak thœ̄ nip)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Latin:
nāpus
— white root of Brassica rapa
Latin:
rāpum
— white root of Brassica rapa
Latvian:
rācenis
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ligurian:
rava
— white root of Brassica rapa
Lithuanian:
ropė
— white root of Brassica rapa
Low German:
Rööv
— white root of Brassica rapa
Macedonian:
ре́па
(répa)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Macedonian:
ре́пка
(répka)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Malagasy:
nave
— white root of Brassica rapa
Malagasy:
anambe
— white root of Brassica rapa
Maltese:
ġidra
— white root of Brassica rapa
Māori:
kōrau
— white root of Brassica rapa
Māori:
tōnapi
— white root of Brassica rapa
Eastern Mari:
реве
(reve)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Western Mari:
ревӹ
(revÿ)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Mongolian:
манжин
(manžin)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Navajo:
niłtsínii bikétłʼóól dijoolí
— white root of Brassica rapa
Norman:
navet
— white root of Brassica rapa
Norwegian Bokmål:
nepe
— white root of Brassica rapa
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nepe
— white root of Brassica rapa
Occitan:
nap
— white root of Brassica rapa
Old English:
nǣp
— white root of Brassica rapa
Persian:
شلغم
(šalġam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Piedmontese:
rava
— white root of Brassica rapa
Plautdietsch:
Reew
— white root of Brassica rapa
Polish:
rzepa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Portuguese:
nabo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Punjabi:
ਗੋਂਗਲੂ
(goṅglū)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Punjabi:
ਸ਼ਲਗਮ
(śalgam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Romanian:
navetă
— white root of Brassica rapa
Romanian:
nap
— white root of Brassica rapa
Russian:
ре́па
(répa)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Russian:
ре́пка
(répka)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Russian:
турне́пс
(turnéps)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Scottish Gaelic:
snèap
— white root of Brassica rapa
Serbo-Croatian:
репа
— white root of Brassica rapa
Serbo-Croatian:
repa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Sicilian:
rapa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Sinhalese:
එළවලු වර්ගයක්
(eḷawalu wargayak)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Sinhalese:
ටර්නිප්
(ṭarnip)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Slovak:
repa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Slovak:
vodnica
— white root of Brassica rapa
Slovene:
repa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Lower Sorbian:
rěpa
— white root of Brassica rapa
Spanish:
nabo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Spanish:
grelo
— white root of Brassica rapa
Swedish:
majrova
— white root of Brassica rapa
Swedish:
rova
— white root of Brassica rapa
Tagalog:
pulang singkamas
— white root of Brassica rapa
Tagalog:
puting singkamas
— white root of Brassica rapa
Tajik:
шалғам
(šalġam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Thai:
หัวผักกาด
(hŭa pàk gàat)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Tibetan:
ཉུང་མ
(nyung ma)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Turkish:
şalgam
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ottoman Turkish:
شلغم
(şalğam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Turkmen:
şalgam
— white root of Brassica rapa
Udmurt:
сяртчы
(śartćy)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ukrainian:
рі́па
(rípa)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Ukrainian:
рі́пка
(rípka)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Urdu:
شلجم
(śaljam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Urdu:
شلغم
(śalġam)
— white root of Brassica rapa
Uzbek:
sholgʻom
— white root of Brassica rapa
Venetan:
rava
— white root of Brassica rapa
Vietnamese:
củ cải
— white root of Brassica rapa
Vietnamese:
cây củ cải
— white root of Brassica rapa