tourment
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French tourment, torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum. Related to tordre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tourment m (plural tourments)
- torture
- Les tourments de la faim.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- torment; discomfort; pain
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tourment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tourment
Etymology[edit]
From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.
Noun[edit]
tourment m (plural tourmens)
Descendants[edit]
- French: tourment
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