tournevis

See also: Tournevis

French

Etymology

From tourner +‎ vis; compare Piedmontese tornavis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ.nə.vis/

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Noun

tournevis m (plural tournevis)

1. screwdriver

Descendants

• → Catalan: tornavís
• → Chadian Arabic: ترنبيس (tarnabīs)
• → Khmer: ទួរណឺវិស (tuənəvɨh)
• → Luxembourgish: Tournevis
• → Vietnamese: tuốc-nơ-vít
• → Iraqi Arabic: درنفيس

Further reading

• “tournevis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.