torrentiel
French
Etymology
From Latin torrēns (“rushing”, “torrential”), present active participle of torreō (“I scorch, burn, parch”), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (“dry”).
Surface analysis: torrent (“torrent”, “stream”) + -iel (derivational suffix)
Adjective
torrentiel (feminine singular torrentielle, masculine plural torrentiels, feminine plural torrentielles)
Further reading
- “torrentiel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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