How to pronounce “tourbillon”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (horology) A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the effects of gravity.
• A whirlwind.
• A kind of firework that gyrates in the air.
• Any part of a machine with a spiral movement.

Practice Nearby Words

balance wheel, karrusel, balance, swing wheel, escape wheel, going barrel, remontoir, snail-wheel, countwheel, verge, jumper, anniversary clock, clockwork, ratchet wheel, hourglass, scape-wheel, clockweight, verge escapement, stem-winder, bracket clock, whorl, crown wheel, stem, cartwheel, depth, pendulum clock, repeater, banking, tachyscope, clockwinder, starwheel, crown, drumhead clock, whirling table, water clock, sand clock, harmonograph, cogwheel, cycloscope, analog clock, clockspring, stackfreed, turntable, flywheel, tambour, hydroscope, wind-up toy, hour glass, perpetuum mobile, winder, tympanum, carousel, observation wheel, tourn, gyroscope, planet wheel, watchwork, bull wheel, turbillion, verge staff, walking wheel, geneva wheel, trammel wheel, wheel of death, turnabout, waterclock, overcoil, rack and snail, star wheel, coachwheel, hairspring, pattern wheel, turn bench, roller, counterwheel, clockware, wheel, cartwheel hat, wagon-wheel effect, mainspring, electrotachyscope, water glass, poncelet wheel, fraise, flutter wheel, torsion balance, turbination, trundle wheel, whirlabout, flower clock, watchspring, prayer wheel, scroll wheel, bookwheel, thaumatrope, windwheel, perambulator, wheel within a wheel, trammel of archimedes, spindle

Similar Sounds

tourbillon, tourbillion, trilon, turbin, trilling, treeline, tree line, air balloon, tree-line, drill in, turban, troubling, trebling, tell on, trying on, trillion, turbine, trolling, trailing, trilla, turpin, tarpaulin, trawling, terbium, trillo, trillian, trialing, try on, try-on, trichion, tramline, dabble in, tra la, traian, trip line, turbofan, triplane, tilan, trelawney, tumble-down, drilling, abilene, durbin, irelan, zibeline, arbela, turbulence, turbulent, tellin, toppling, tripling, tallinn, trogon, tellen, terpene, tabling, water balloon, tippling, terylene, turpen, ptyalin, trapline, trouble man, terpin, tra-la, telon, tribally, turpan, triple m, turning on, tubingen, talon, dribbling, doubling, talen, tallon, durban, dabbling, tabouli, talin, tabbouleh, tallin, tabooli, dwell on, tabouleh, taplin, apollon, sterben, arbella, drop a line, dibbling, taillon, strahlen, tabbouli, drill down, eblen, tallan, tableing, draw a line, talang