"tourbillon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtʊə(ɹ)bɪˈjɒn/ Forms: tourbillons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French tourbillon (“whirlwind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tourbillon||whirlwind}} French tourbillon (“whirlwind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tourbillon (plural tourbillons)
  1. (horology) A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the effects of gravity. Translations (rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock): tourbillon [masculine] (Dutch), トゥールビヨン (tūrubiyon) (Japanese), турбийо́н (turbijón) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-en-noun-TNns2l6T Topics: hobbies, horology, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock': 94 1 1 4
  2. A whirlwind. Translations (whirlwind): вихрушка (vihruška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), wervelwind [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-en-noun-F-rzBKX4 Disambiguation of 'whirlwind': 1 97 1 1
  3. A kind of firework that gyrates in the air.
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-en-noun-NBUlCbFr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 38 30
  4. Any part of a machine with a spiral movement.
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-en-noun-LSWY81bl

Noun [French]

IPA: /tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-tourbillon.ogg Forms: tourbillons [plural]
Etymology: From Old French torbeil + -on. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|torbeil|-on|lang1=fro}} Old French torbeil + -on Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tourbillon m (plural tourbillons)
  1. whirlwind Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-fr-noun-8hBaJwCo
  2. eddy, whirlpool Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-fr-noun-8T1PrGOs
  3. (physics) vortex Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-fr-noun-pcAy9Prw Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -on Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 66 12 2 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -on: 7 22 46 20 6 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (figuratively) whirl, whirlwind, maelstrom Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-fr-noun-Uoa6Ges-
  5. tourbillon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tourbillon-fr-noun-l0pWaU5e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tourbillonnaire, tourbillonner

Inflected forms

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