tourmente
See also: tourmenté
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittourmente f (plural tourmentes)
- storm
- tourmente de grêle ― hailstorm
- (figuratively) upheaval, turmoil
- la tourmente révolutionnaire ― revolutionary upheaval
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tourmente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.