tourmente

See also: tourmenté

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/
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Noun

tourmente f (plural tourmentes)

storm
tourmente de grêle ― hailstorm
(figuratively) upheaval, turmoil
la tourmente révolutionnaire ― revolutionary upheaval

Related terms

Further reading

“tourmente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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