tortillon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tortillon (plural tortillons)
- An artist’s tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of soft, fibrous paper, sanded to a point at one end like a pencil.
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
tortillon m (plural tortillons)
- (painting) tortillon
- headpad (a turban of wound cloth used for carrying loads on the head)
- (Louisiana) bun (hairstyle)
- (Louisiana) eddy, whirlpool
- Synonyms: tourbillon, vire-vire
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
tortillon m (plural tortillons)
- a cake in the form of a torus, first boiled and then baked; a specialty of southwest France
Further reading[edit]
- “tortillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
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- fr:Cakes and pastries