Meanings
plural turbots
- Any member of the species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
“With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.”
1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo TolstoySynonyms: sea pheasant, turbit
- Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
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.
1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps - A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna large brownish European flatfish
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Swedishtornbut
- Old Frenchturbot
- Anglo-Normanturbut
- Middle Englishturbot
- Englishturbot
From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ῥόμβος
- ῥόμβος (rhómbos)Scophthalmus maximus
Bulgarian калкан, калка́н
- калкан (kalkan)Scophthalmus maximus
- калка́н (kalkán)any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Catalan rèmol empetxinat, turbot
- rèmol empetxinatScophthalmus maximus
- turbotScophthalmus maximus
Chinese Cantonese 多寶魚 /多宝鱼
- 多寶魚 /多宝鱼any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Chinese Mandarin 大菱鮃 /大菱鲆
- 大菱鮃 /大菱鲆 (dàlíngpíng)any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Danish pighvar, pighvar
- pighvarScophthalmus maximus
- pighvarany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Dutch tarbot
- tarbotScophthalmus maximus
Estonian kammeljas
- kammeljasany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Finnish piikkikampela, piikkikampela
- piikkikampelaScophthalmus maximus
- piikkikampelaany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
French turbot, turbot
- turbotScophthalmus maximus
- turbotany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
German Steinbutt, Steinbutt
- SteinbuttScophthalmus maximus
- Steinbuttany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Greek καλκάνι
- καλκάνι (kalkáni)any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Hungarian rombuszhal
- rombuszhalany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Italian rombo, rombo
- romboScophthalmus maximus
- romboany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Japanese ターボット
- ターボット (tābotto)any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Latin rhombus
- rhombusScophthalmus maximus
Norwegian piggvar
- piggvarany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Norwegian Bokmål piggvar
- piggvarScophthalmus maximus
Polish skarp, turbot
- skarpScophthalmus maximus
- turbotScophthalmus maximus
- skarpany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
- turbotany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Portuguese pregado, pregado
- pregadoScophthalmus maximus
- pregadoany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
- rodovalhoany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Russian па́лтус
- па́лтус (páltus)any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Scottish Gaelic bacan cearr, pacach-cearr
- bacan cearrany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
- pacach-cearrany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Spanish rodaballo, rodaballo
- rodaballoScophthalmus maximus
- rodaballoany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Swedish piggvar, piggvar
- piggvarScophthalmus maximus
- piggvarany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Turkish kalkan balığı, kalkan balığı
- kalkan balığıScophthalmus maximus
- kalkan balığıany of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae
Cite this entry
turbot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbot
“turbot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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