tour du silence

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/

Noun

tour du silence f (plural tours du silence)

1. (Zoroastrianism) tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds)

Descendants

• → English: tower of silence (calque)