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tournis.

staggers

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/tuʁ.ni/

  1. staggers

    masculine · uncountable

  2. dizziness

    masculine · uncountable
    donner le tournis
Where this word comes from

Substantivization of Old French tornëiz (“revolving, turning”), from Vulgar Latin *tornātīcius, from Latin tornāre (“to turn”). By surface analysis, tourner + -is.

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