tour
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Tour
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)/, /tʊə(ɹ)/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)
- Homophone: tore (pour-poor merger)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Noun[edit]
tour (plural tours)
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- (sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- (military) A tour of duty.
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
- Milton
- The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
- Milton
- (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
- the tours of the heavenly bodies
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackmore to this entry?)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
journey
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guided visit
journey through given list of places
graph theory: a closed trail
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Verb[edit]
tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)
- (intransitive) To make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.
- (transitive) To make a circuit of a place
Translations[edit]
to make a journey
Etymology 2[edit]
Old French tor, French tour (“tower”)
Noun[edit]
tour (plural tours)
Etymology 3[edit]
See toot.
Verb[edit]
tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) (obsolete)
References[edit]
- tour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour
- Hard mutation of dour.
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour m (plural tours, diminutive tourtje n)
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French tor, from Latin turris
Noun[edit]
tour f (plural tours)
- tower
- La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning.
- (chess) rook
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French torner, tourner.
Noun[edit]
tour m (plural tours)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour m (plural tours)
Anagrams[edit]
See also[edit]
| Chess pieces in French · pièces d'échecs (layout · text) | |||||
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| roi | dame | tour | fou | cavalier | pion |
External links[edit]
- “tour” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour m (plural tours)
Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour (plural tours)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour (plural tours)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tour m (plural tours)
- tour, guided visit to a country, museum, etc.
- (sports) tour, a trip to another country to play matches
- (music) tour, a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician
Synonyms[edit]
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