tour du silence
French, noun/tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/
tour du silence is spelled T-O-U-R-D-U-S-I-L-E-N-C-E (13 letters). Tour du silence is a French feminine noun meaning “tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Structure circulaire, utilisée pour les rites funéraires des zoroastriens”.
What does tour du silence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Structure circulaire, utilisée pour les rites funéraires des zoroastriens.
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 tour du silence
- tours du silence plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tour du silence?
- /tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/
- \tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.