turbot

From Old (and modern) French turbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːbət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝbət/

turbot (plural turbot or turbots)

1. A species of flatfish native to Europe (Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima).
2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps‎:

     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.

3. Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen.

Old French, from Old Swedish törnbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt”). The name may have arisen because the fish has an appearance similar to a stump.

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.bo/

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. turbot

• “turbot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French turbot.

turbot m (plural turbots)

1. (Jersey) turbot

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.bɔt/

turbot m anim

1. turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

   Synonym: skarp

• turbot in Polish dictionaries at PWN