tortueux
French, adjective/tɔʁ.tɥø/
tortueux is spelled T-O-R-T-U-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tortueux is a French adjective meaning “tortuous, winding, windy, twisting, twisty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait plusieurs tours et retours”.
What does tortueux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tortuous, winding, windy, twisting, twisty
- 2
convoluted
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait plusieurs tours et retours. 2. Ce qui est fait avec des détours, qui montre une absence de franchise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tortueux
- tortueuse feminine
- tortueuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tortueux?
- /tɔʁ.tɥø/
- \tɔʁ.ty.ø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tortueux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tortueux in French?
tortueux appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).