tour

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.4 Etymology 3 2.4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r), -ʊə(r)

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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
5. (dated) A tower.

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[edit] Verb

to 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

[edit] Translations

• Spanish: recorrer es(es)

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tuʁ/, SAMPA: /tuR/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin turris (tower).

[edit] Noun

tour f. (plural tours)

1. tower

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

2. (chess) rook

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French torner, tourner.

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tour m. (plural tours)

1. turn, circumference
2. go, turn

[edit] Etymology 3

From Latin tornus.

[edit] Noun

tour m. (plural tours)

1. lathe, potter's wheel