turmoil

English

Etymology

Unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɜrmɔɪl/

Noun

turmoil (usually uncountable; plural turmoils)

1. A state of great disorder or uncertainty.

Synonyms

• chaos, disorder

Translations

a state of great disorder or uncertainty

Burmese: အရှုပ်အထွေး (my) (ăshok-ăhtwe:) Finnish: myllerrys (fi), sekasorto (fi), kaaos (fi) French: chaos (fr), désordre (fr) m.

German: Aufruhr (de) m., Tumult (de) m., Unruhe (de) f., Unordnung (de) f. Italian: caos (it), disordine (it), scompiglio (it)

External links

• turmoil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• turmoil in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• turmoil at OneLook Dictionary Search