Polyglot Dictionary

tourbillon

/tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les tourbillons

Meaning

  1. whirlpool

    • Le bateau évite le tourbillon.

      The boat avoids the whirlpool.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

remolino

remolino is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "whirlpool."

Portuguese

redemoinho

redemoinho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "whirlpool."

Practice

1 What does tourbillon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le bateau évite le ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tourbillon?

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