renversement

English

Etymology

French

Noun

renversement (plural renversements)

1. A reversal or turning backwards; turnaround.
   • 1969, Flying Magazine, volume 85, number 4, page 58:

     It's approved for loops, barrel and aileron rolls, horizontal (formerly Cuban) eights, Immelmans, vertical renversements and spins.

References

• “renversement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From renverser +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

renversement m (plural renversements)

1. act of knocking over
2. reversal (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “renversement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.