tournis
French
editEtymology
editSubstantivization of Old French tornëiz (“revolving, turning”), from Vulgar Latin *tornātīcius, from Latin tornāre (“to turn”). By surface analysis, tourner + -is.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittournis m (uncountable)
Further reading
edit- “tournis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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