tourmente - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Inherited from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/

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tourmente f (plural tourmentes)

1. storm

   tourmente de grêle ― hailstorm

2. (figuratively) upheaval, turmoil

   la tourmente révolutionnaire ― revolutionary upheaval

• tourment
• tourmenter

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