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tortillon

/tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/

noun, masculine/tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/plural: tortillons

tortillon; headpad (a turban of wound cloth used for carrying loads on the head); bun (hairstyle); eddy, whirlpool

Synonyms: tourbillon, vire-vire

From tortiller + -on.

noun, masculine/tɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃/plural: tortillons

a cake in the form of a torus, first boiled and then baked; a specialty of southwest France

From tourte + -illon.