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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestournoyant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: toor-nwa-yahn
"Les feuilles tournoyantes dansaient dans le vent."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Moving rapidly round and round in a circle or spiral.
"She watched the whirling leaves swept up by the autumn wind."
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The act of spinning or rotating rapidly.
"The constant whirling of the ceiling fan provided a gentle breeze."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English verb 'whirlen', which stems from Old Norse 'hvirfla', meaning to turn round or spin. This traces back further to the Proto-Germanic root '*hwerbaną', denoting circular movement or turning, evolving through centuries to describe rapid rotational motion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whirling" is said worldwide
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tournoyant
Transliteration: toor-nwa-yahn
"Les feuilles tournoyantes dansaient dans le vent."
wirbelnd
Transliteration: vir-belnt
"Die wirbelnden Schneeflocken bedeckten die Straße."
turbinante
Transliteration: toor-bi-nan-te
"Il vento autunnale sollevava foglie turbinanti."
remolino
Transliteration: re-mo-li-no
"El viento formó un remolino de polvo en la calle."
remoinho
Transliteration: he-mo-i-nyu
"As folhas secas formavam um remoinho no chão."
चक्करदार
Transliteration: chakwardar
"हवा में चक्करदार पत्ते उड़ रहे थे।"
旋转的
Transliteration: xuán zhuǎn de
"旋转的落叶随风飘舞。"
소용돌이치는
Transliteration: soyongdorichineun
"소용돌이치는 낙엽들이 바람에 흩날렸다."
回転する
Transliteration: kaiten suru
"回転する落ち葉が風に舞っていた。"
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