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tour de magie nom {m} | magic trick◼◼◼(act of illusion or magic) |
tour de main nom {m} | sleight of hand◼◼◼(performance) sleight of hand◼◼◼(skill) |
tour de passe-passe nom {m} | sleight of hand◼◼◼(performance) scam [scams](fraudulent deal) |
tour de phrase nom {m} | turn of phrase◼◼◼(expression which is worded in a distinctive way) |
tour de Pise nom {f} | Leaning Tower of Pisa◼◼◼(the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) |
tour de potier nom {m} | potter's wheel◼◼◼(machine used by a potter) kick wheel(A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot) |
tour de refroissement nom {f} | cooling tower(tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation) |
tour de reins nom {m} | lumbago◼◼◼(backache of the lumbar region) |
tour de siège nom {f} | siege tower◼◼◼(tower used as siege weapon) |
tour de spire nom {m} | whorl [whorls](volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.) |
tour de taille nom {m} | waistline [waistlines]◼◼◼(line around the body at the waist; its measurement) |
tour du silence nom {f} | tower of silence◼◼◼(low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate) |
tour Eiffel nom {f} | Eiffel Tower◼◼◼(tower in Paris) |
tour penchée de Pise nom {f} | Leaning Tower of Pisa◼◼◼(the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa) |
touraille nom {f} | kiln [kilns]◼◼◼(oven, furnace or heated chamber) |
Tourane nom propre | Da Nang◼◼◼proper noun |
tourbe nom {f} | peat [peats]◼◼◼(soil) |
tourbé adjectif | peated◼◼◼adjective |
tourbière nom {f} | bog [bogs]◼◼◼(expanse of marshland) peat bog◼◼◻(bog composed of peat) |
tourbillon nom | vortex [vortices]◼◼◼(whirlpool) |
tourbillon nom {m} | whirlpool [whirlpools]◼◼◼(swirling body of water) swirl [swirls]◼◼◼(whirling eddy) eddy [eddies]◼◼◼(whirlpool) maelstrom [maelstroms]◼◼◻(large and violent whirlpool) |
tourbillon d'activité nom | hustle and bustle◼◼◼(activity) |
tourbillon de poussière nom {m} | dust devil◼◼◼(a swirling dust in the air) |
tourbillon polaire nom {m} | polar vortex◼◼◼noun |
tourbillonnant adjectif | vortical(pertaining to a vortex) |
tourbillonner verbe | swirl [swirled, swirling, swirls]◼◼◼(to twist or whirl) whirl [whirled, whirling, whirls]◼◼◻(To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly) |
Tourcoing nom propre {m} | Tourcoing◼◼◼(city in Hauts-de-France) |
tourelle nom {f} | turret [turrets]◼◼◼(a little tower) |
touret à meuler nom {m} | bench grinder(workbench-mounte grinder) |
tourie nom {f} | demijohn◼◼◼(bottle) |
tourière nom {f} | portress(a female porter) |
tourisme nom {m} | tourism◼◼◼(the act of travelling or sightseeing) |