tournoiement
French, noun/tuʁ.nwa.mɑ̃/
tournoiement is spelled T-O-U-R-N-O-I-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tournoiement is a French masculine noun meaning “spin, whirl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ce qui tournoie”.
What does tournoiement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespin, whirl
- 2
masculinewhirling, swirling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ce qui tournoie.
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 tournoiement
- tournoiements plural
- tournoîment
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tournoiement?
- /tuʁ.nwa.mɑ̃/
- \tuʁ.nwa.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tournoiement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tournoiement in French?
tournoiement appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).