Dictionary

turbulent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɜːbjələnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtøːbjələnt/ (New-Zealand)
• (California, Southern) audio
• /ˈtɝbjələnt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈtɜːbjələnt/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English turbulent, from Middle French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus, from turba (“disorder, tumult, crowd”).

Meanings

1. Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
   • It is dangerous to sail in turbulent seas.
2. Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
   • The mid-19th century was a turbulent time in American history.
   • The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position. 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

Forms

Deriveds

nonturbulent · microturbulent · unturbulent · turbulate · gravitoturbulent · turbulently · gravoturbulent · turbulent flow · macroturbulent

Relateds

turbulence · turbid · trouble · perturb · disturb · turbine

Translations (47)

sv turbulent (violently disturbed or agitated) · la turbulentus (being in disturbance or unrest) · sv turbulent (being in disturbance or unrest) · pt agitado (being in disturbance or unrest) · uk бурхли́вий (violently disturbed or agitated) · pt turbulento (being in disturbance or unrest) · bg бурен (violently disturbed or agitated) · fa متلاطم (violently disturbed or agitated) · pt atribulado (violently disturbed or agitated) · gl turbulento (violently disturbed or agitated) · pt turbulento (violently disturbed or agitated) · ru беспоко́йный (being in disturbance or unrest) · fi melskeinen (being in disturbance or unrest) · es tempestuoso (violently disturbed or agitated) · bg буен (being in disturbance or unrest) · es turbulento (violently disturbed or agitated) · fi myrskyisä (violently disturbed or agitated) · ru бу́рный (violently disturbed or agitated) · nb turbulent (being in disturbance or unrest) · es accidentado (violently disturbed or agitated) · bg развълнуван (violently disturbed or agitated) · fi turbulenttinen (violently disturbed or agitated) · es turbulento (being in disturbance or unrest) · bg необуздан (being in disturbance or unrest) · mi tuarangaranga (violently disturbed or agitated) · pt atribulado (being in disturbance or unrest) · uk неспокі́йний (violently disturbed or agitated) · fi myllertävä (being in disturbance or unrest) · fr mouvementé (violently disturbed or agitated) · es accidentado (being in disturbance or unrest) · nn turbulent (violently disturbed or agitated) · ru беспоко́йный (violently disturbed or agitated) · fi turbulentti (being in disturbance or unrest) · es agitado (violently disturbed or agitated) · es tempestuoso (being in disturbance or unrest) · nb turbulent (violently disturbed or agitated) · pt agitado (violently disturbed or agitated) · gl turbulento (being in disturbance or unrest) · ro turbulent (violently disturbed or agitated) · da turbulent (violently disturbed or agitated) · es agitado (being in disturbance or unrest) · hy խռովահույզ (violently disturbed or agitated) · izh burnoi (violently disturbed or agitated) · la turbulentus (violently disturbed or agitated) · uk бурхли́вий (being in disturbance or unrest) · uk турбуле́нтний (violently disturbed or agitated) · nn turbulent (being in disturbance or unrest)