torpedo

• Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +‎ -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
• (type of car): From 1908, after "the Torpedo", a car designed by Captain Theo Masui.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɔː(ɹ)ˈpiː.dəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtoɹˈpi.doʊ/

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• Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do
• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

1. (zoology) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
   • 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men‎:

     The man has been changed into an artificial monster by the station in which he is born, and the consequent homage that benumbed his faculties like the torpedo's touch […] .

2. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. [from 1805]

   Synonyms: torp, fish

   1. (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
3. (regional) A submarine sandwich.

   Synonym: sub

4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
7. (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.

   Synonym: (UK) detonator

8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
9. (historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
10. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. [1910s]
11. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; a breast with a large nipple. [from 1960s]
12. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

    1. A thick marijuana cigarette. [1940s]
    2. A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. [from 1980s]

• Bangalore torpedo
• land torpedo
• spar torpedo
• torp (abbreviation)
• torpedo boat
• torpedo body
• torpedo bomber
• torpedo catcher
• torpedo cruiser
• torpedo juice
• torpedoman
• torpedo net
• torpedo ram
• torpedo roll
• torpedo stern
• torpedo tube
• Torpex

• torpid

torpedo (third-person singular simple present torpedoes, present participle torpedoing, simple past and past participle torpedoed)

1. To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
2. To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
3. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.
   • 2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian‎:

     The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions.

• optrode, pet door, toe drop, trooped

From English torpedo, borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +‎ -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

• Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

torpedo

1. (military) a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon

From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”), from torpēdō (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am 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).

• IPA^(key): /tɔrˈpeː.doː/

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torpedo f or m (plural torpedo's, diminutive torpedootje n)

1. A torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use).
2. (dated) A low-lying streamlined car.

• torpedoboot

• torpederen

From English torpedo, Spanish torpedo, German Torpedo; all ultimately from Latin torpedo.

• IPA^(key): [torˈpedo]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

torpedo (accusative singular torpedon, plural torpedoj, accusative plural torpedojn)

1. torpedo

• torpedi

• torpeedo (archaic)

From English torpedo, from Latin torpēdō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorpe(ː)do/, [ˈt̪o̞rpe̞(ː)do̞]
• Rhymes: -orpedo
• Syllabification^(key): tor‧pe‧do

torpedo

1. torpedo (self-propelled cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater)

• torpedoida
• torpedovene

torpedo f (invariable)

1. tourer (motorcar)

• torpedine

• deporto, deportò

torpeō (“I am stiff or numb”) +‎ -ēdō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /torˈpeː.doː/, [t̪ɔrˈpeːd̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /torˈpe.do/, [t̪orˈpɛːd̪o]

torpēdō f (genitive torpēdinis); third declension

1. lethargy, inertness, sluggishness
2. torpedo fish

Third-declension noun.

• “torpedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “torpedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torpedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoer, definite plural torpedoene)

1. a torpedo

• torpedere

• “torpedo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoar, definite plural torpedoane)

1. a torpedo

• torpedere

• “torpedo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed 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”) + -dō (noun suffix). Compare Portuguese torpor.

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

1. torpedo (submarine weapon)
2. (Brazil) SMS (a text message sent on a cell phone)

• torpedagem, torpedear, torpedeamento, torpedeiro

• IPA^(key): /torpěːdo/
• Hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

torpédo m (Cyrillic spelling торпе́до)

1. torpedo

From Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish”).

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈpedo/ [t̪oɾˈpe.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: tor‧pe‧do

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

1. torpedo (fish)

   Synonyms: raya torpedo, raya negra, raya eléctrica

2. torpedo (weapon)

• lanzatorpedos
• cazatorpedos
• torpedear

• “torpedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014