turbine
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turbine
- /ˈtɜː.baɪn/ UK
- /ˈtɜː.bɪn/ UK
- /ˈtɝ.baɪn/ Canada, US
- /ˈtɝ.bɪn/ Canada, US
- /ˈtɜː.bɑɪn/ Australia
- /ˈtɜː.bɪn/ Australia
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).
noun turbines
- Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft. Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: windmill, impeller, jet, engine, wind, astern, engineer, engineering, power, blading, rotor, propeller, blower, fan, generator, turbocharger
Translations
Every language
noun rotary machine
| Español | turbina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 터빈 teobin |
| 日本語 | タービン tābin |
| 中文 | 渦輪機 /涡轮机 wōlúnjī, 輪機 /轮机 lúnjī, 透平機 /透平机 tòupíngjī |
| हिन्दी | टर्बाइन ṭarbāin |
| Português | turbina |
| Français | turbine |
| Deutsch | Turbine |
| Italiano | turbina, rotore |
| Ελληνικά | στρόβιλος stróvilos, στροβιλομηχανή strovilomichaní |
| Русский | турби́на turbína |
| Tiếng Việt | tua-bin |
| العربية | عَنَفَة ʕanafa, تُرْبِين turbīn |
| עברית | טוּרְבִּינָה turbína |
Talk about this word "turbine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/turbine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. turbine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/turbine "turbine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/turbine.Cite this
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title = {turbine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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