tour du silence

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/ === Noun === tour du silence f (plural tours du silence) (Zoroastrianism) tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds) ==== Descendants ==== → English: tower of silence (calque)