Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/
KieliKäännökset
espanjatortuoso
italiacontorto, arzigogolato, tortuoso
japani曲がりくねった (magarikunetta)
latinaflexuōsus, tortuōsus
portugalitortuoso, sinuoso
ranskatortueux, sinueux
saksagewunden
suomikiemurainen

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  1. (often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
  2. (astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
  3. (obsolete) Injurious; tortious.

Esimerkit

  • It still takes almost half a year for the average veteran’s claim for disability benefits to be decided in a tortuous process that can involve four separate hearings.
  • The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
  • Infortunate ascendent tortuous.
  • I hate driving along those tortuous mountain roads.

Taivutusmuodot

Komparatiivimore tortuous
Superlatiivimost tortuous