a torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use) · a low-lying streamlined car
çekim: çoğul torpedo's
köken: From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), from torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) and -dō (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
torpedo (explosive device with its own propulsion and direction, designed to produce explosions on ships) · electric ray, torpedo · billet-doux (note delivered by an intermediary, usually in a public place and with the intention of romantic conquest)
çekim: çoğul torpedos
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin torpēdō. Compare torpor.
torpedo · projectile adapted for underwater use. · torpedo boat
çekim: çoğul torpedo-torpedo
köken: Borrowed from Dutch torpedo, from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from Latin torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) and -dō (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”)