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

tournette: tournette; turntable
tourneur: turner, lathe operator; tour organizer
tournevis: screwdriver
tournicoter: to flit around
tourniquer: to wind (around)
tourniquet: unpowered carousel (playground); revolving door or turnstile
tournis: staggers; dizziness
tournoi: tournament
tournoiement: spin, whirl; whirling, swirling
tournoyant: whirling
tournoyer: to whirl, to swirl; to eddy, to swirl; to whirl, to swirl, to twirl, to whirl round, to swirl round, to twirl round; to circle, to circle round, to wheel
tournoyeur: a jouster
tournure: appearance, shape, figure; bearing; turn, change in circumstance or temperament; phrasing, turn of phrase; tournure, bustle (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt); peel (of a fruit)
tournure de phrase: turn of phrase, turn of words
tournée: tour (of politician, businessman, artist etc.), round (of postman); round (of drinks)
tournée du patron: round of drinks on the house
tournée générale: round (an instance of buying drinks to everyone in a bar)
touron: turron (Spanish form of nougat)
tourquennois: of, from or relating to the city of Tourcoing, Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France
tourte: meat pie.; Any kind of salted pie with vegetables, cheese etc, generally covered by undercrust (abaisse). Can be with fruits too.
tourte: passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius; dove
tourte voyageuse: passenger pigeon (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius)
tourteau: oil cake; crab; roundel (of any color except or or argent); traditional sponge cake with a black crust, from Poitou, made with cottage cheese (cow or goat).
tourtereau: baby turtle dove (turtledove); lovebird
tourterelle: turtle dove / turtle-dove / turtledove; dove grey
tourterelle des bois: European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
tourterelle turque: the Eurasian collared dove
tourtière: piedish; tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean; meat pie
tourtière du Lac-St-Jean: A variant of tourtière with thicker crust, cubes of potatoes, and broth in addition to minced meat.
tous: all; everybody
tous aux abris: take cover! go to the shelters!
tous frais payés: all-expenses-paid
tous frais payés: all expenses paid
tous les 36 du mois: very rarely or never; once in a blue moon
tous les chemins mènent à Rome: all roads lead to Rome; there's more than one way to skin a cat
tous les coups sont permis: no holds barred
tous les deux: both
tous les goûts sont dans la nature: there's no accounting for taste; to each his own; beauty is in the eye of the beholder
tous les jours: daily (every day)
tous les jours que Dieu fait: every day, every blessed day
tous les quatre matins: Very often
tous les trente-six du mois: alternative spelling of tous les 36 du mois
tousjours: obsolete spelling of toujours
touski: everything, all there is; especially, all the toppings or fillings available with a dish, all-dressed; a dish made out of several different kinds of leftovers, made to use them up
toussa: et cetera
tousser: to cough
tousseur: cougher
tousseuse: cougher
toussotement: splutter, light cough
toussoter: to splutter (have a light cough)
tout: everything
tout: whole, entirety, total
tout: all; totally; completely; however; no matter how
tout au moins: at the very least, at a minimum; in any case, at any rate, either way, anyway
tout au plus: at most, tops, at the very most, at the outside
tout bas: quietly, in a whisper, sotto voce
tout bien considéré: all in all, all things considered; then again, on second thought
tout bien pesé: all things considered; on second thought
tout bien réfléchi: on second thought; all things considered