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5,162 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

touffe
noun, feminine
tuft, clump, bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base; female mons pubis
to clump together, clump up
touffeur
noun, feminine
oppression, sultriness (oppressive, sultry atmosphere)
touffu
adjective
tufted, clumped; heavy, overly done
touillage
noun, masculine
stirring
touille
noun, feminine
a hollow scoop used to mix starches
to stir, toss
touillette
noun, feminine
swizzle stick
toujours
adverb
always; still
the fact remains that
touladi
noun, masculine
a fish, Salvelinus namaycush, the lake trout
toulois
adjective
of Toul
toulonnais
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Toulon, the prefecture of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
toulou
noun, masculine
Tulu (language)
toulougien
adjective
of, from or relating to the town of Toulouges, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France
toulounide
adjective
Tulunid
touloupe
noun, feminine
sheepskin (worn as a coat)
toulousain
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Toulouse, the prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitania region, France
toundra
noun, feminine
tundra (flat treeless arctic region)
toune
noun, feminine
tune, melody, song
toupet
noun, masculine
tuft (of hair); toupee; cheek, nerve
toupie
noun, feminine
top
tour
noun, masculine
turn, circumference; go, turn; walk, stroll; round, stage (of a competition); trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick)
tour
noun, masculine
lathe; potter’s wheel
tour
noun, feminine
tower; rook; apartment building
tour CN
proper noun
CN Tower, a tourist attraction, radio-television broadcast tower, communications tower, observation tower, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
tour Eiffel
proper noun
Eiffel Tower (tower in Paris)
tour d'abandon
noun, masculine
foundling wheel, baby hatch
tour d'horizon
noun, masculine
overview, tour d'horizon
tour d'ivoire
noun, feminine
ivory tower
tour de Babel
proper noun
Tower of Babel
tour de Babel
noun, feminine
tower of Babel (situation where the use of many different languages is a source of confusion)
tour de basque
noun, masculine
deception, clever trick, legerdemain, sleight of hand
tour de contrôle
noun, feminine
control tower
tour de forage
noun, feminine
derrick (framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes)
tour de force
noun, masculine
tour de force
tour de guet
noun, feminine
watchtower; fire lookout tower
tour de magie
noun, masculine
magic trick
tour de parole
noun, masculine
turn to speak, speaking turn, chance to speak, opportunity to speak
tour de passe-passe
noun, masculine
sleight of hand, fiddle, trick
tour de poitrine
noun, masculine
bust measurement, bust size, chest size
tour de potier
noun, masculine
potter's wheel, kick wheel
cooling tower
tour de reins
noun, masculine
sprained back, lumbago, backache
tour de scrutin
noun, masculine
ballot, round of voting
tour de siège
noun, feminine
siege tower
tour de table
noun, masculine
introduction, presentation of every participant of a reunion; act of eliciting/collecting the opinion of all the participants
tour de taille
noun, masculine
waistline
tour de vis
noun, masculine
restriction
tour du chapeau
noun, masculine
hat trick
tour du poteau
noun, masculine
the act of crossing an international border, generally for a very short period of time, in order to renew a visa or other government-issued permit before crossing back
tour du silence
noun, feminine
tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds)
tour à plomb
noun, feminine
shot tower
by turns, in turn, alternately
tour-lanterne
noun, feminine
lantern tower (tower built over the junction of the nave and transept of a cruciform church)
tourage
noun, masculine
the process of rolling during lamination in the production of puff pastry or croissant dough
tourangeau
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Tours, the prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France; of, from or relating to Touraine, a former province of central France; of, from or relating to Touraine, a neighbourhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
touranien
adjective
Turanian
touranique
adjective
synonym of touranien
tourbage
noun, masculine
peat cutting