"turnkey" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-turnkey.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more turnkey [comparative], most turnkey [superlative]
enPR: tûrn'-kē [US] Etymology: turn + key Etymology templates: {{compound|en|turn|key}} turn + key Head templates: {{en-adj}} turnkey (comparative more turnkey, superlative most turnkey)
  1. Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture) Translations (ready to use without further assembly): готов до ключ (gotov do ključ) (Bulgarian), 交鑰匙 (Chinese Mandarin), 交钥匙 (jiāoyàoshi) (Chinese Mandarin), na klíč (Czech), nøglefærdig (Danish), kant-en-klaar (Dutch), avaimet käteen (Finnish), clé en main (French), clés en main (French), schlüsselfertig (German), kulcsrakész (Hungarian), chiavi in mano (Italian), bruksklar (Norwegian), pod klucz (Polish), под ключ (pod ključ) (Russian), llave en mano (Spanish), nyckelfärdig (Swedish), nyckelklar (Swedish), anahtar teslim (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-turnkey-en-adj-gdzC3qO9

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-turnkey.wav [Southern-England] Forms: turnkeys [plural]
enPR: tûrn'-kē [US] Etymology: turn + key Etymology templates: {{compound|en|turn|key}} turn + key Head templates: {{en-noun}} turnkey (plural turnkeys)
  1. (now archaic) A warder or jailer/gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People, Prison Translations (slang: warder): ключар (ključar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), тъмничар (tǎmničar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 狱吏 (yùlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 看守 (kānshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 守卫 (shǒuwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), cipier [masculine] (Dutch), pamppu (Finnish), Gefangenenwärter [masculine] (German), guichetier [masculine] (German), Gefangenenwärter [masculine] (German), Gefangenenwärterin [feminine] (German), Gefängniswärter [masculine] (German), Gefängniswärterin [feminine] (German), δεσμοφύλακας (desmofýlakas) [masculine] (Greek), girachiavi [masculine, slang] (Italian), klawisz [masculine] (Polish), тюре́мщик (tjurémščik) [masculine] (Russian), надзира́тель (nadzirátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), вертуха́й (vertuxáj) [masculine, slang] (Russian), llavero [masculine] (Spanish), gardiyan (Turkish), zindancı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-turnkey-en-noun-M5riF2d- Disambiguation of People: 16 83 1 1 Disambiguation of Prison: 9 77 7 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 40 21 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 46 15 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 45 15 18 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 25 31 24 20 Disambiguation of 'slang: warder': 94 6
  2. A system that is supplied ready to switch on and operate.
    Sense id: en-turnkey-en-noun-Sfg8QPcw

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-turnkey.wav [Southern-England] Forms: turnkeys [present, singular, third-person], turnkeying [participle, present], turnkeyed [participle, past], turnkeyed [past]
enPR: tûrn'-kē [US] Etymology: turn + key Etymology templates: {{compound|en|turn|key}} turn + key Head templates: {{en-verb}} turnkey (third-person singular simple present turnkeys, present participle turnkeying, simple past and past participle turnkeyed)
  1. To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use.
    Sense id: en-turnkey-en-verb-esZulqvS

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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