tour du silence

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French[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tour du silence f (plural tours du silence)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds)

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: tower of silence (calque)
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