turret

C2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈtɝ.ɪt/ UK /ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #28250

Meanings

1

noun
A small tower on a building or castle, often at a corner.

The old castle had a round turret at each corner.
2

noun
A rotating armoured structure that holds guns on a ship, tank, or aircraft.

The tank's turret swung around to aim at the target.

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Synonyms

2 noun · a rotating armoured... gun enclosure

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gun turret
a rotating structure that houses mounted guns

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Turret entered Middle English from Old French tourete, meaning “little tower.” It belongs to the same word family as tower, which derives from Latin turris and French tour.

Etymology

From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.

touret Middle English torete Old French turris Latin

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# turret

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɝ.ɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 28250

## Meanings
1. A small tower on a building or castle, often at a corner.
2. A rotating armoured structure that holds guns on a ship, tank, or aircraft.

## Examples
- The old castle had a round turret at each corner.
- The tank's turret swung around to aim at the target.

## Synonyms
- cupola

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: touret
- Root: torete
- Root: turris

## Etymology
From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.

## AI Etymology
Turret is from Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower. Important recorded forms include touret (Middle English), torete (Old French), and turris (Latin). Current senses include a small tower on a building or castle, often at a corner and a rotating armoured structure that holds guns on a ship, tank, or aircraft.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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