Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortillon

/tɔː(ɹ)tiˈjɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-tillon
IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)tiˈjɒn/

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artist’s tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of soft, fibrous paper, sanded to a point at one end like a pencil.

Etymology

Etymology tree French tortiller French -on French tortillonbor. English tortillon Borrowed from French tortillon.

Inflected Forms

tortillons (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tortillon?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɔː(ɹ)tiˈjɒn/.
What does tortillon mean?: An artist’s tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of soft, fibrous paper, sanded to a point at one end like a pencil.
Where does tortillon come from?: Etymology tree French tortiller French -on French tortillonbor. English tortillon Borrowed from French tortillon.

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