turnstile

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtəːnstaɪl/
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• General-American: /ˈtəɹnstaɪl/
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• tərnstīl
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: T ER1 N S T AY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh1nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornōbor. Proto-West Germanic *turnēn Old English turnian ▲ Latin tornō Old French tornerbor. Middle English turnen English turn Proto-Indo-European *steygh- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygheti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-West Germanic *stīgan Proto-West Germanic *-i Proto-West Germanic *stigi Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *ilō Proto-West Germanic *-ilu Proto-West Germanic *stigilu Old English stiġel Middle English stile English stile English turnstile From turn + stile.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: պտուտակադռնակ (ptutakadṙnak) — rotating mechanical device
• Catalan: torniquet — rotating mechanical device
• Chinese Cantonese: 閘機 /闸机 (zaap6 gei1) — rotating mechanical device
• Chinese Mandarin: 閘機 /闸机 (zhájī) — rotating mechanical device
• Chinese Mandarin: 通關機 /通关机 (tōngguānjī) — rotating mechanical device
• Chinese Mandarin: 驗票閘門 /验票闸门 (yànpiào zhámén) — rotating mechanical device
• Czech: turniket — rotating mechanical device
• Danish: drejekors — rotating mechanical device
• Dutch: tourniquet — rotating mechanical device
• Dutch: draaihek — rotating mechanical device
• Dutch: draaikruis — rotating mechanical device
• Esperanto: turnbariero — rotating mechanical device
• Faroese: krossbummur — rotating mechanical device
• Finnish: kääntöportti — rotating mechanical device
• French: tourniquet — rotating mechanical device
• German: Drehkreuz — rotating mechanical device
• Greek: τουρνικέ (tourniké) — rotating mechanical device
• Hungarian: beléptetőkapu — rotating mechanical device
• Hungarian: forgókorlát — rotating mechanical device
• Hungarian: forgósorompó — rotating mechanical device
• Hungarian: forgókereszt — rotating mechanical device
• Hungarian: forgóajtó — rotating mechanical device
• Icelandic: krosshlið — rotating mechanical device
• Icelandic: veltihlið — rotating mechanical device
• Irish: geata casta — rotating mechanical device
• Italian: tornello — rotating mechanical device
• Japanese: 自動改札機 (jidō kaisatsuki) — rotating mechanical device
• Korean: 개집표기 (gaejip'pyogi) — rotating mechanical device
• Plautdietsch: Dreipuat — rotating mechanical device
• Polish: kołowrót — rotating mechanical device
• Polish: turnikiet — rotating mechanical device
• Polish: bramka — rotating mechanical device
• Polish: bramka obrotowa — rotating mechanical device
• Portuguese: roleta — rotating mechanical device
• Portuguese: catraca — rotating mechanical device
• Portuguese: borboleta — rotating mechanical device
• Portuguese: torniquete — rotating mechanical device
• Romanian: turnichet — rotating mechanical device
• Russian: турнике́т (turnikét) — rotating mechanical device
• Spanish: molinete — rotating mechanical device
• Spanish: torniquete — rotating mechanical device
• Spanish: torno — rotating mechanical device
• Swedish: vändkors — rotating mechanical device
• Tagalog: biling-bilingan — rotating mechanical device
• Turkish: turnike — rotating mechanical device
• Ukrainian: турніке́т (turnikét) — rotating mechanical device
• Vietnamese: cổng xoay — rotating mechanical device
• Vietnamese: cổng quay — rotating mechanical device
• Vietnamese: cửa xoay — rotating mechanical device
• Vietnamese: cửa quay — rotating mechanical device
• Welsh: giât dro — rotating mechanical device
• Welsh: llidiart tro — rotating mechanical device