tournure

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tournure, from tourner (“to turn”). === Noun === tournure (countable and uncountable, plural tournures) Manner, bearing. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Turn; contour; figure. Phrasing, turn of phrase. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle. == French == === Etymology === From tourner +‎ -ure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuʁ.nyʁ/ === Noun === tournure f (plural tournures) (informal) appearance, shape, figure (figuratively) turn, change in circumstance or temperament (linguistics) phrasing, turn of phrase (historical) tournure, bustle (dated) peel (of a fruit) ==== Derived terms ==== robe à tournure tournure de phrase ==== Descendants ==== → English: tournure → Dutch: tournure → Italian: tournure → Norwegian Bokmål: turnyr → Polish: turniura → Russian: турню́р (turnjúr) → Chuvash: турнюр (turnjur) → Ukrainian: турнюр (turnjur) → Swedish: turnyr → Finnish: turnyyri === Further reading === “tournure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012