Dictionary

turbot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɜːbət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɝbət/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).

Meanings

1. Any member of the species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
   • “With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.” 1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy:
2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
   • Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner. 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:
3. A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).

Forms

Deriveds

diamond turbot · turbotlike · spotted turbot

Synonyms

turbit · sea pheasant

Translations (55)

fr turbot (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · pl skarp (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · fr turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) · ru па́лтус (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · pl turbot (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · nl tarbot (Scophthalmus maximus) · ast rodaballu (Scophthalmus maximus) · fi piikkikampela (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · it rombo (Scophthalmus maximus) · sl veliki robec (Scophthalmus maximus) · fi piikkikampela (Scophthalmus maximus) · de Steinbutt (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · de Steinbutt (Scophthalmus maximus) · es rodaballo (Scophthalmus maximus) · nb piggvar (Scophthalmus maximus) · gl rodaballo (Scophthalmus maximus) · ca rèmol empetxinat (Scophthalmus maximus) · gl coruxo (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · es rodaballo (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · da pighvar (Scophthalmus maximus) · ota قلقان بالغی (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · hu rombuszhal (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · sq romb (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · no piggvar (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · gd bacan cearr (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · tr kalkan balığı (Scophthalmus maximus) · sl romb (Scophthalmus maximus) · fo hvassasprek (Scophthalmus maximus) · cmn 大菱鮃 /大菱鲆 (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · it rombo (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · sv piggvar (Scophthalmus maximus) · sq shkoter (Scophthalmus maximus) · pl skarp (Scophthalmus maximus) · bg калкан (Scophthalmus maximus) · ja ターボット (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · pt pregado (Scophthalmus maximus) · grc ῥόμβος (Scophthalmus maximus) · bg калка́н (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · sv piggvar (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · gl rodaballo (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · et kammeljas (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · pt rodovalho (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · nrf turbot (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · ca turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) · ota قلقان بالغی (Scophthalmus maximus) · pl turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) · gl escamudo (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · el καλκάνι (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · sq shkotra (Scophthalmus maximus) · pt pregado (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · da pighvar (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · gd pacach-cearr (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · yue 多寶魚 /多宝鱼 (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae) · la rhombus (Scophthalmus maximus) · tr kalkan balığı (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae)