tourbillon
French, noun/tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃/
tourbillon is spelled T-O-U-R-B-I-L-L-O-N (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tourbillon is a French masculine noun meaning “whirlwind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent impétueux qui tournoie ; tornade”.
What does tourbillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhirlwind
- 2
masculineeddy, whirlpool
- 3
masculinevortex
- 4
masculinewhirl, whirlwind, maelstrom.
- 5
masculinetourbillon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vent impétueux qui tournoie ; tornade. 2. Tout ce qui tournoie rapidement. 3. Mouvement de l’eau qui tournoie avec violence. 4. Mouvement élémentaire de la matière.
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 tourbillon
- tourbillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tourbillon?
- /tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃/
- \tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃\
- [tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tourbillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tourbillon in French?
tourbillon appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).