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tortue.

turtle or tortoise

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɔʁ.ty/
  1. turtle or tortoise

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French tortue, borrowed from Old Occitan tortuga, tartuga, from Late Latin tartarūcha, feminine form of tartarūchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “resident or native of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Cf. also Medieval Latin tortuca. Compare Spanish tortuga, Italian tartaruga.

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