noun, masculine/tuʁ.bi.jɔ̃/plural: tourbillons
whirlwind; eddy, whirlpool; vortex; whirl, whirlwind, maelstrom. 1886, Cora Pearl, Mémoires. "J'aurais pu faire des économies: mais la chose n'est pas facile dans le tourbillon où j'ai du vivre." "I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived" (English translation, published by George Vickers, the Strand, London, in the same year).; tourbillon
From Old French torbeil + -on.