tourment

French

Etymology

From Middle French tourment, torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum. Related to tordre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʁ.mɑ̃/
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Noun

tourment m (plural tourments)

torture
Les tourments de la faim.
torment; discomfort; pain

Related terms

Further reading

“tourment” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

muteront

Middle French

Alternative forms

tourment

Etymology

From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.

Noun

tourment m (plural tourmens)

torture
torment; discomfort; pain

Descendants

French: tourment

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