tour

See also Tour

English

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r), -ʊə(r)
• Homophone: tore (some accents)

Etymology 1

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

Noun

tour (plural tours)

1. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
2. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
4. (cricket) A trip taken to another nation by a test side in which several matches will be played

Derived terms

• tour de force
• tour d'horizon

Translations

journey

Arabic: رحلة (ar) (ríḥla) f., جولة (ar) (jáwla) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 旅游 (cmn) (lǚyóu), 旅行 (cmn) (lǚxíng), 旅途 (cmn) (lǚtú), 旅程 (cmn) (lǚchéng) Dutch: excursie (nl), reis (nl) f., toer (nl) m. Finnish: matka (fi), kiertoajelu (fi), kiertokäynti (fi), ekskursio (fi) French: excursion (fr) m., voyage (fr) m., tournée (fr) f. German: Tour (de) f., Reise (de) f.

Greek: περιοδεία (el) (periodeía) f. Hebrew: סיור (he) (siur) m., טיול (he) (tiul) m. Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (ryokō), 旅 (ja) (tabi), ツアー (ja) (tsuā) Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng) (旅行 (ko)), 투어 (ko) (tueo) Russian: путешествие (ru) (putešéstvije) n., поездка (ru) (pojézdka) f., (indeclinable) турне (ru) (turnɛ́) n. Scottish Gaelic: cuairt (gd) f., turas (gd) m. Turkish: gezi (tr), gezinti (tr)

guided visit

Dutch: rondgang (nl), rondleiding (nl) Finnish: kiertokäynti (fi), opastettu (fi) kierros (fi) German: Tour (de) f.

Greek: περιήγηση (el) (periígisi) f., ξενάγηση (el) (xenágisi) f. Russian: тур (ru) (tur) m. Scottish Gaelic: cuairt (gd) f., turas (gd) m. Turkish: tur (tr)

journey through given list of places

Finnish: kiertue (fi) French: tournée (fr) f. German: Tour (de) f., Tournee (de) f. Greek: περιοδεία (el) (periodeía) f.

Hebrew: סבב הופעות (sevev hofāʿot) m. Italian: tournée (it) f., (abbrivation) tour (it) f. Scottish Gaelic: cuairt (gd) f., turas (gd) m. Spanish: gira (es)

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Dutch: rondreis f. and m.

Verb

tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)

1. (intransitive) To make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.
2. (transitive) To make a circuit of a place

Translations

to make a journey

Dutch: tournee (nl) f. French: tourner (fr)

Greek: περιοδεύω (el) (periodévo), περιηγούμαι (el) (periigoúmai) Spanish: recorrer (es) Turkish: gezmek (tr)

to make a circuit

Spanish: recorrer (es)

Turkish: turlamak (tr)

Etymology 2

Old French tor, French tour (“tower”)

Noun

tour (plural tours)

1. (dated) A tower.

Anagrams

• rout
• trou

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French

Pronunciation

• tour

  (file)

• IPA: /tuʁ/, SAMPA: /tuR/

Etymology 1

From Latin turris, Old French tor

Noun

tour f. (plural tours)

1. tower

   La Tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning.

2. (chess) rook

Etymology 2

From Old French torner, tourner.

Noun

tour m. (plural tours)

1. turn, circumference
2. go, turn
3. walk, stroll

Etymology 3

From Latin tornus.

Noun

tour m. (plural tours)

1. lathe, potter’s wheel

Anagrams

• trou

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tur/

Etymology 1

Noun

tour (plural tours)

1. tour

Etymology 2

Noun

tour (plural tours)

1. tower