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[tə:nip]1) (a type of plant with a large round root: a field of turnips.) navet2) (the root used as food: Would you like some turnip?) navet -
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(a) (injure → with knife) donner un coup de couteau à, poignarder; (→ with bayonet) blesser d'un coup de baïonnette; (→ with spear) blesser avec une lance;∎ he stabbed me in the arm il me donna un coup de couteau dans le bras;∎ they were stabbed to death ils ont été tués à coups de couteau;∎ he was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife il a été tué avec un couteau de cuisine;∎ to stab sb in the back poignarder qn dans le dos; figurative trahir qn(b) (thrust, jab) planter;∎ she stabbed the needle into my arm elle planta l'aiguille dans mon bras;∎ I stabbed myself in the thumb with a pin je me suis enfoncé une épingle dans le pouce;∎ I stabbed my finger in his eye je lui ai enfoncé mon doigt dans l'œil;∎ I stabbed a turnip with my fork j'ai piqué un navet avec ma fourchette∎ he stabbed at the map with his finger il frappa la carte du doigt;∎ she stabbed frantically at the different control buttons elle poussa frénétiquement les différents boutons de contrôle;∎ he stabbed at the leaves with his walking stick il piquait les feuilles de la pointe de sa canne3 noun∎ he made a vicious stab at me with the broken bottle il fit un mouvement agressif vers moi avec la bouteille cassée;∎ she felt the stab of the needle in her finger elle a senti la piqûre de l'aiguille dans son doigt;∎ stab wound blessure f par arme blanche;∎ a man was rushed to hospital with stab wounds un homme blessé à coups de couteau a été transporté d'urgence à l'hôpital;∎ it was a stab in the back c'était un véritable coup de poignard dans le dos∎ a stab of lightning un éclair∎ stab of pain élancement m;∎ I felt a stab of doubt l'espace d'un instant je fus saisi par le doute;∎ I felt a stab of envy je sentis un pincement de jalousie∎ to have or to make or to take a stab at (doing) sth s'essayer à (faire) qch□ ;∎ why don't you have a stab at it? pourquoi n'essayez-vous pas?;∎ I'll have a stab je vais essayer
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Turnip — Tur nip, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant ({Brassica … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turnip — 1530s, turnepe, probably from TURN (Cf. turn) (from its shape, as though turned on a lathe) + M.E. nepe turnip, from O.E. næp, from L. napus turnip. The modern form of the word emerged late 18c … Etymology dictionary
turnip — [tʉr′nip] n. [earlier turnep, prob. < TURN or Fr tour, in the sense of “turned, round” + ME nepe < OE næp, turnip < L napus] 1. a) a biennial plant (Brassica rapa) of the crucifer family, with edible, hairy leaves and a roundish, light… … English World dictionary
Turnip — (engl., spr. Törrnip, Turnips), die Runkel od. Futterrübe, s.u. Kohlrübe … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Turnip — (Tör–), engl., die Runkelrübe … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
turnip — ► NOUN ▪ a round root with white or cream flesh which is eaten as a vegetable. ORIGIN from a first element of unknown origin + NEEP(Cf. ↑N) … English terms dictionary
Turnip — taxobox name = Turnip image caption = Small turnip root regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Brassicales familia = Brassicaceae genus = Brassica species = B. rapa subspecies = B … Wikipedia
turnip — turniplike, adj. /terr nip/, n. 1. the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow fleshed rutabaga. 2. the plant itself. 3. the root of this plant used as a… … Universalium
turnip — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. domestic turnip, rutabaga, Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage, kohlrabi, Teltow turnip, wild turnip, Indian turnip; see also vegetable … English dictionary for students
turnip — [16] Etymologically, a turnip may be a ‘turned neep’ – that is, a neep, or turnip, that has been ‘turned’ on a lathe, so as to be round (the turnip is a roughly spherical vegetable). Its second syllable, nip, goes back ultimately to Latin nāpus… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
turnip — [16] Etymologically, a turnip may be a ‘turned neep’ – that is, a neep, or turnip, that has been ‘turned’ on a lathe, so as to be round (the turnip is a roughly spherical vegetable). Its second syllable, nip, goes back ultimately to Latin nāpus… … Word origins