tourmente
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See also: tourmenté
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tourmente f (plural tourmentes)
- storm
- tourmente de grêle ― hailstorm
- (figuratively) upheaval, turmoil
- la tourmente révolutionnaire ― revolutionary upheaval
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tourmente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.