tortillon

== English == === Etymology === From French tortillon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)tiˈjɒn/ === Noun === tortillon (plural tortillons) An artist’s tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of soft, fibrous paper, sanded to a point at one end like a pencil. == French == === Alternative forms === tourtillon === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/ === Etymology 1 === From tortiller +‎ -on. ==== Noun ==== tortillon m (plural tortillons) (painting) tortillon headpad (a turban of wound cloth used for carrying loads on the head) (Louisiana) bun (hairstyle) (Louisiana) eddy, whirlpool Synonyms: tourbillon, vire-vire === Etymology 2 === From tourte +‎ -illon. ==== Noun ==== tortillon m (plural tortillons) a cake in the form of a torus, first boiled and then baked; a specialty of southwest France === Further reading === “tortillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)