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

tourbe
noun, feminine
peat (soil); mob, rabble
to dig up peat
tourbeux
adjective
peaty, containing peat
tourbillant
adjective
turbulent
tourbillon
noun, masculine
whirlwind; eddy, whirlpool; vortex; whirl, whirlwind, maelstrom. 1886, Cora Pearl, Mémoires. "J'aurais pu faire des économies: mais la chose n'est pas facile dans le tourbillon où j'ai du vivre." "I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived" (English translation, published by George Vickers, the Strand, London, in the same year).; tourbillon
vortical
swirling
to swirl, whirl; to twirl
tourbière
noun, feminine
bog
tourbé
adjective
peaty
tourco
noun, masculine
the tapaculo
tourelle
noun, feminine
turret (of building, tank); conning tower (of submarine)
tourer
verb
perform tourage, perform a turn during lamination in the production of e.g. puff pastry
touret à meuler
noun, masculine
bench grinder
Turgenevian
tourier
noun, masculine
A pastrymaker specialized in the preparation of puff pastry
tourier
adjective
tower
tourier
noun, masculine
porter (in a convent)
tourillon
noun, masculine
trunnion; dowel
tourisme
noun, masculine
tourism
disaster tourism (the practice of visiting locations at which an environmental disaster, either natural or human-made, has occurred)
tourisme spatial
noun, masculine
space tourism
tourisme vert
noun, masculine
ecotourism
touriste
noun, masculine/feminine
tourist, holidaymaker, sightseer (someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business); tourist (someone who takes part in something without much commitment)
touristique
adjective
tourist, tourist's; touristy, touristic (which attracts tourists)
touristically (from a touristic point of view)
tourmaline
noun, feminine
tourmaline
tourment
noun, masculine
torture; torment; discomfort; pain
tourmente
noun, feminine
storm; upheaval, turmoil
to torment, to torture; to torment, to bother, to harass
tourmenteur
noun, masculine
torturer; tormentor (one who torments)
tournage
noun, masculine
filming (process of making a film or filming a video)
to wander round and round
tournant
adjective
turning; revolving (door); swivel (chair)
tournant
noun, masculine
bend, turn, corner; turning point
tournante
noun, feminine
a gang rape; the (female) victim of a gang rape; shifts
tourne-disque
noun, masculine
record player, turntable
tourneboulé
adjective
dizzy
tournebroche
noun, masculine
roasting spit, turnspit, roasting jack
tournemain
noun, masculine
turning of a hand
to turn (left, right etc.); to stir (e.g. ingredients); to tour, to go on tour; to film, to shoot a film; to run, to operate to execute (a program, a business, an application etc.)
to go sour
to beat around the bush
to do a U-turn, to turn around, to turn tail
to turn one's coat, to be a turncoat, to change sides
to bounce off the walls, to pace up and down; to be restless; to feel like a caged animal
to stop suddenly, come to a sudden end
to pass out, to keel over, to faint
to ridicule, to make mock of
to ridicule somebody; to mock
to go round in circles, to not make any headway, to tread water
to turn the page, to move on
to turn one's back on, to turn away from
to turn on one's heel, to turn tail
to think carefully (before one speaks); to refrain from speaking the first thing that comes to mind, to carve every word (before letting it fall)
to tick over, to idle, to run idle; to spin one's wheels, to go round in circles, to go nowhere
tournesol
noun, masculine
sunflower (Helianthus annuus); heliotrope (plant with flowers which turn to follow the sun); litmus
tournesol américain
noun, masculine
synonym of tournesol du Mexique (“tree marigold”) Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray
tournesol du Mexique
noun, masculine
tree marigold Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray
tournesol mexicain
noun, masculine
synonym of tournesol du Mexique (“tree marigold”) (Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray)