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)
- staggers
- dizziness
Further reading
- “tournis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.