tourbillon

Meaning

1. (masculine) whirlwind
2. (masculine) eddy, whirlpool
3. (masculine) vortex
4. (figuratively, masculine) whirl, whirlwind, maelstrom. 1886, Cora Pearl, Mémoires. "J'aurais pu faire des économies: mais la chose n'est pas facile dans le tourbillon où j'ai du vivre." "I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived" (English translation, published by George Vickers, the Strand, London, in the same year).
5. (masculine) tourbillon

Concepts

whirlwind

vortex

whirlpool

swirl

eddy

maelstrom

tornado

🌪️

whirl

twister

tourbillon

recurrence

rotation

landspout

coil

hurlwind

convolution

curl

cyclone

🌀

dust devil

hurly-burly

purl

rotor

slough

turbulence

whirlpools

pinecone cap

Synonyms

vortex

remous

tornade

🌪️

maëlstrom

trombe

contre-courant

maelström

collybie à pied ferme

bouffée

cyclone

🌀

collybie des cônes à pied tenace

collybie tenace

rafale

rotationnel

Translations

remolino

redemoinho

torbellino

Wirbel

remolí

vortice

Strudel

turbilhão

vórtice

vórtice

draaikolk

remoinho

gorgo

wervelwind

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃/

Etymology

From Old French torbeil + -on.