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noun, feminine

tournure

/tuʁ.nyʁ/

noun, feminine/tuʁ.nyʁ/plural: tournures

appearance, shape, figure; bearing; turn, change in circumstance or temperament; phrasing, turn of phrase; tournure, bustle (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt); peel (of a fruit)

— Elle est fort gentille! se disait-il; elle est fort gentille, cette femme du médecin! De belles dents, les yeux noirs, le pied coquet, et de la tournure comme une Parisienne. D'où diable sort-elle?“She is very pretty,” he said to himself; “she is very pretty, this doctor’s wife. Fine teeth, black eyes, a dainty foot, a figure like a Parisienne's. Where the devil does she come from?

From tourner + -ure.