tournis

French

Etymology

Substantivization of Old French tornëiz (“revolving, turning”), from Vulgar Latin *tornātīcius, from Latin tornāre (“to turn”). By surface analysis, tourner +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʁ.ni/
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Noun

tournis m (uncountable)

Further reading

“tournis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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