Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turd

/tɜːd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
turd
IPA
/tɜːd/
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of solid feces.

Informal

noun

A worthless person or thing.

Humorous; Informal

verb

To defecate.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English toord, tord, from Old English tord (“piece of dung, excrement, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tord, from Proto-Germanic *turdą (“manure, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, flay”). Cognate with Old English tyrdel (“dropping, small piece of excrement”), Old High German zort (“dung, excrement”), Old Norse torð- (“dung-”, in compounds), Middle Dutch tord (“lump of excrement”). More at tear, treddle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: toord, tord, *tord, *turdą, *der-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /tɜːd/
  • British English: /tɜːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

Phrases

Synonyms

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce turd?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɜːd/.
What does turd mean?
A piece of solid feces.
Where does turd come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce turd

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “turd”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/tɜːd/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “turd”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “turd” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.