detour

English

Etymology

From French détour, from détourner ‘turn away’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdiːtʊə/

Noun

detour (plural detours)

1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

Translations

a diversion or deviation from one's original route

Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n., заобикаляне (bg) n., обиколка (bg) f. Danish: omvej (da) c. Dutch: omleiding (nl) f., omweg (nl) m. Finnish: kiertotie (fi) German: Umleitung (de) f. (diversion), Umweg (de) m. (deviation)

Hebrew: מעקף (he) (ma'akaf) m. Hungarian: kerülőút, elkerülőút (hu), kerülő (hu) Irish: malairt slí (ga) f., athbhealach (ga) m. Japanese: 迂回路 (ukai-ro) Spanish: desvío (es) m.

Verb

detour (third-person singular simple present detours, present participle detouring, simple past and past participle detoured)

1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Translations

intransitive: to make a detour

Bulgarian: заобикалям (bg) Dutch: omlopen (nl), omrijden (nl) etc.

German: einen Umweg machen (de) Japanese: 迂回する (ukai-suru)

transitive: to direct or send on a detour

Bulgarian: карам да заобиколи (bg) Dutch: omleiden (nl) German: umleiten (de)

Japanese: 迂回する (ukai-suru) Spanish: desviar (es)

Anagrams

• douȝter, routed, toured