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noun, masculine

tourment

/tuʁ.mɑ̃/

noun, masculine/tuʁ.mɑ̃/plural: tourments

torture; torment; discomfort; pain

Les tourments de la faim.The tortures of hunger.

Inherited from Middle French tourment, torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum. Related to tordre.