tournoyer

tournoyer [tuʀnwaje]

➭ TABLE 8 intransitive verb

[danseurs] to whirl round ; [eau, fumée] to swirl ; [boomerang] to spin ; [papiers] to flutter around ; [oiseaux] to wheel ; [feuilles mortes] to swirl around ; [abeille, moustique] to fly around

• faire tournoyer [+ danseur, canne] to twirl ; [+ robe] to swirl

• les feuilles tombaient en tournoyant the leaves were twirling

• tout s'est mis à tournoyer et je me suis évanoui everything started to spin and I fainted

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tuʀnwaje

verbe intransitif

1) [feuilles, papiers] to swirl around; [vautours] to wheel; [moucherons] to fly around in circles

2) [danseurs] to whirl

faire tournoyer — to spin [somebody] around [personne]

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tuʀnwaje vi

1) [oiseau] to wheel round, to wheel around

2) [danseur] to spin, to whirl

3) [fumée] to swirl around, to swirl round

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tournoyer verb table: employer vi

1 [feuilles, papiers] to swirl around; [vautours] to wheel; [moucherons] to fly around in circles; [cerf-volant] to spiral;

2 [danseurs] to whirl; faire tournoyer (en dansant) to spin [sb] around; to twirl [sth] [baguette, jupe]; to make [sth] spiral [cerf-volant];

3 [fumée] to rise in spirals.

[turnwaje] verbe intransitif

[feuilles, fumée, flocons] to whirl, to swirl

[aigle] to wheel ou to circle round

[danseur] to swirl ou to twirl ou to whirl round

le radeau tournoyait dans les rapides the raft was tossed round (and round) in the rapids

faire tournoyer quelque chose to whirl ou to swing something