Turtle

//ˈtɜːtl̩//

Synonyms for "turtle" (25 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Verb(1 words)
capsize

Strong matches (8)

Related words (12)

Verb(1 words)
turn turtle

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18 entries

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More specific

6 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

6 entries

at location

2 entries

capable of

5 entries

derived

198 entries

Showing 16 of 198 words.

desires

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

3 entries

has context

14 entries

is a

5 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

57 entries

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Translations

327 translations across 209 languages.

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Abenaki

1 entries
  • tolba noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Abkhaz

1 entries
  • акәуа noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skilpad noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ahom

1 entries
  • 𑜄𑜧 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Akkadian

2 entries
  • 𒁄𒄀 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 𒃻𒅮𒈾 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Albanian

1 entries
  • breshkë noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Alviri-Vidari

1 entries
  • لوکپشت noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • χέλυς noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • χελώνη noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ترسة noun (sea turtle)
  • حمسة noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • زِلْحفِة noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • سلحفاة noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • tartuga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • ܪܩܐ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կրիա noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • broascã tsãstoasã noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কাছ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tortuga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Atayal

1 entries
  • ksipa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Avar

1 entries
  • щурункъверкъ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • tısbağa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Baoule

1 entries
  • abu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • гөбөргәйел noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • ташбаҡа noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Basque

1 entries
  • dortoka noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • ponyu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • чарапа́ха noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Bengali

3 entries
  • কাছিম noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • কাটুয়া noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • কাটুয়া noun (sea turtle)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • baho noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Blackfoot

1 entries
  • spopii noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Breton

2 entries
  • baot noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • baot vor noun (sea turtle)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • же́лва noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • костену́рка noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • морска костенурка noun (sea turtle)
  • преобръщам се verb (flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လိပ် noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Catalan

1 entries
  • tortuga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Catawba

1 entries
  • káia noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • bao noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • pawikan noun (sea turtle)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • panyok noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • majpolo noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Chechen

1 entries
  • уьнтӏепхьид noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • ma'ëno noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Chinese

4 entries
  • бе noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • бегэ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 烏龜 /乌龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 龜 /龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 烏龜 /乌龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 龜 /龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 烏龜 /乌龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 王八 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 鱉 /鳖 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 龜 /龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Choctaw

1 entries
  • luksi noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • желꙑ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲕⲁⲑⲓⲣⲟⲥ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Cornish

2 entries
  • kronek ervys mor noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • morgroban noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Cree

1 entries
  • ᒥᐢᑭᓈᕁ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qapulbaqa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Crow

1 entries
  • basáxa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Czech

1 entries
  • želva noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Dakota

1 entries
  • keya noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Danish

1 entries
  • skildpadde noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Darkinjung

2 entries
  • kutumung noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • kutumung noun (sea turtle)

Daur

1 entries
  • xabil noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Drung

1 entries
  • chvkop noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schildpad noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 烏龜 /乌龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 龜 /龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Erzya

1 entries
  • бака noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • kelonio noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • martestudo noun (sea turtle)
  • testudo noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kilpkonn noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skjaldbøka noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Fijian

1 entries
  • vonu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kilpikonna noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • kilpikonna noun (sea turtle)
  • kilpikonnamuodostelma noun (Roman attack method)
  • kursori noun (computing: drawing cursor)

French

4 entries
  • tortue noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tortue noun (Roman attack method)
  • tortue de mer noun (sea turtle)
  • capoter verb (flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down)

Galician

3 entries
  • sapoconcho noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tartaruga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • envorcar verb (flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ზღვის კუ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • კუ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

German

1 entries
  • Schildkröte noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Gilbertese

1 entries
  • tabwakea noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Greek

2 entries
  • νεροχελώνα noun (sea turtle)
  • χελώνα noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • saaniluk noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Gullah

1 entries
  • cootuh noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • tòti noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • honu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צָב noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • bao-o noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कछुआ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Hopi

1 entries
  • yöngösona noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • teknős noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • teknősbéka noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skjaldbaka noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ido

1 entries
  • tortugo noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • pawikan noun (sea turtle)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • penyu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • cerepaha noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • باخِه noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • سَنْگپُشْت noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • لاکپُشْت noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • کَشَف noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Irish

2 entries
  • turtar noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • turtar mara noun (sea turtle)

Italian

3 entries
  • tartaruga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • testuggine noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • ribaltare verb (flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down)

Iu Mien

1 entries
  • doc noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Japanese

3 entries
  • カメ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 亀 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 海亀 noun (sea turtle)

Javanese

1 entries
  • bulus noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 거북 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Kamta

1 entries
  • পানীমাছ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಆಮೆ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • ಆವೆ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • pau noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • pawu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • کرٕٛم noun (sea turtle)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тасбақа noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អណ្ដើក noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • borungai noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Klamath-Modoc

1 entries
  • ngak noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Korean

2 entries
  • 거북 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • 바다거북 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ташбака noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lakota

1 entries
  • khéya noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເຕົ່າ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • brūnisrupucs noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Latin

1 entries
  • testūdō noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bruņurupucis noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lingala

1 entries
  • nkóbá noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • vėžlys noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • nopawa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • žołw noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Luba-Kasai

1 entries
  • nkuvu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Luba-Katanga

1 entries
  • nkuvu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • mingcakuvnung noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Deckelsmouk noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • Schildkröt noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦎᧁᧈ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • же́лка noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • же́лка noun (Roman attack method)
  • мо́рска же́лка noun (sea turtle)

Makasae

1 entries
  • fenu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Malay

4 entries
  • akah noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • labi-labi noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • penyu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • penyu noun (sea turtle)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

2 entries
  • cihkonaqc noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • mikcikc noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Maltese

1 entries
  • fekruna noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Mam

1 entries
  • petz noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡝᡳᡥᡠᠮᡝ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • bao noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Manx

2 entries
  • shligganagh marrey noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • turtyl noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Maranao

1 entries
  • bao'o noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कासव noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • torti noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • migjigj noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • яст мэлхий noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Māori

1 entries
  • honu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ayotl noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Nanai

1 entries
  • аян noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Navajo

3 entries
  • chʼééh digháhii noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tsisteeł noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • táłtłʼááh chʼééh digháhii noun (sea turtle)

Nivkh

1 entries
  • ая noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Northern East Cree

1 entries
  • ᑖᐦᑖᐤ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • kîso noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • kûsî noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • req noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • galbarihcci noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • havskilpadde noun (sea turtle)
  • skilpadde noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • skilpadde noun (sea turtle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • havskjelpadde noun (sea turtle)
  • skjelpadde noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • skjelpadde noun (sea turtle)

Nuosu

1 entries
  • ꀌꀠꎭꉻ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Nyunga

1 entries
  • yarkan noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Occitan

1 entries
  • tartuga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 亀 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • желꙑ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Old English

1 entries
  • byrdling noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Old French

1 entries
  • wecle noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Oromo

1 entries
  • qocaa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • уӕртджын хӕфс noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • قاپلومبغه noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • كشف noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • كشف noun (sea turtle)

Pali

1 entries
  • kacchapa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • pawikan noun (sea turtle)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • коритнявка noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • turtuga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Pashto

2 entries
  • شمشتى noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • کيشپ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Penobscot

1 entries
  • dolba noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schiltkjrät noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Polish

4 entries
  • żółw noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • żółw noun (computing: type of robot)
  • żółw noun (computing: drawing cursor)
  • żółw wodny noun (sea turtle)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • tartaruga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tartaruga noun (sea turtle)
  • tartaruga marinha noun (sea turtle)

Quapaw

1 entries
  • kke noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Quechua

1 entries
  • charapa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • honu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Romanian

1 entries
  • broască țestoasă noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Russian

4 entries
  • желвь noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • морска́я черепа́ха noun (sea turtle)
  • черепа́ха noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • черепа́ха noun (sea turtle)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कच्छप noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • crùban-coille noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • sligeanach noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kòrnjača noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • ко̀рњача noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries
  • torti noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Shan

1 entries
  • တဝ်ႇ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කැස්බෑවා noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Slovak

1 entries
  • korytnačka noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Slovene

1 entries
  • želva noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Somali

2 entries
  • qoolley noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • qubo noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • таш-бака noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Spanish

4 entries
  • quelonio noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tortuga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • dar una vuelta de campana verb (flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down)
  • volcar verb (flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • sekrepatu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • zelvīs noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kasa noun (sea turtle)
  • kobe class I/IX noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Swedish

2 entries
  • havssköldpadda noun (sea turtle)
  • sköldpadda noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠇꠣꠐ꠆ꠐꠥꠀ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pagong noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • pawikan noun (sea turtle)

Tajik

3 entries
  • боха noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • локпушт noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • сангпушт noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஆமை noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • išfar noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tišfart noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tatar

2 entries
  • ташбака noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • ташбака noun (sea turtle)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తాబేలు noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ternate

1 entries
  • ori noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Thai

1 entries
  • เต่า noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རུས་སྦལ noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kaccāp noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tsonga

1 entries
  • gamba noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tswana

1 entries
  • khudu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries
  • فكرون noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kaplumbağa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tosbağa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • pyşbaga noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Tuvan

2 entries
  • мелегей noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • языты-мелегей noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • черепа́ха noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Unami

2 entries
  • tahkox noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • tulpe noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کَچُھوا noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تاشپاقا noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • musicha noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • toshbaqa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • rùa noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Volapük

2 entries
  • melatortug noun (sea turtle)
  • tortug noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Welsh

3 entries
  • crwban noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • crwban y môr noun (sea turtle)
  • môr-grwban noun (sea turtle)

West Coast Bajau

2 entries
  • akah noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • penu noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skyldpod noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • vaub kib noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Wolof

1 entries
  • mbonnat mi noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 烏龜 /乌龟 noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • טשערעפּאַכע noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • שילדקרעט noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìjàpá noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • aak noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Yámana

1 entries
  • uštakáluš noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • kesa (diq) noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • duzgvi noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)
  • gvi noun (land or marine reptile with a shell)

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One day he helped a weak turtle.

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We found a turtle in the garden.

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Please buy me a turtle, Mother, please buy me a turtle.

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I want that turtle home!

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