"turn-off" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-turn-off.ogg [Australia] Forms: turn-offs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from turn off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|turn off}} Deverbal from turn off Head templates: {{en-noun}} turn-off (plural turn-offs)
  1. (idiomatic) Something that repulses, disgusts, or discourages, especially sexually. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: passion killer Translations (something that repulses, disgusts, or discourages): etova asia (Finnish), inhottava asia (note: more common "etoa" or "inhottaa" for "be a turn-off") (Finnish), tue-l’amour (French), Abtörn [masculine] (German), coś zniechęchającego (Polish), antierótico [masculine] (Spanish), (något) avtändande [adjective] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-turn-off-en-noun-aLIyf2EV Disambiguation of 'something that repulses, disgusts, or discourages': 79 21
  2. A road where one turns off, such as a motorway exit. Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: turnoff Related terms: turndown, turnout, turn-up
    Sense id: en-turn-off-en-noun-b~9BSZtJ Disambiguation of Roads: 14 86 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 76

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