tournis

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tournis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tournis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tournis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tournis you have here. The definition of the word tournis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftournis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

tournis m (uncountable)

  1. staggers
  2. dizziness

Further reading