English Explanatory Dictionary

tour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
  5. A street and road race, frequently multiday.
  6. A set of competitions which make up a championship.
  7. A tour of duty.
  8. A closed trail.
  9. A going round; a circuit.
  10. A turn; a revolution.
  11. A circuit of snooker tournaments
verb
  1. To make a journey
  2. To make a circuit of a place
noun
  1. A tower.
verb
  1. To toot a horn.
name
  1. Ellipsis of Tour de France.

Pronunciation

/tɔː(ɹ)/ /tʊə(ɹ)/ /tʊɚ/ /tʊɹ/ /tɔɹ/ en-us-tour.ogg /tʉːɹ/ /tuːɹ/ /tʊə/ en-au-tour.ogg

Word forms

tour tours touring toured the Tour

Etymology

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

Derived words

abortion tour audio tour book tour Cook's tour duck tour Eulerian tour fifty-cent tour grand tour knight's tour mystery tour nickel tour on tour package tour pre-tour railtour rail tour starlight tour study tour ten-cent tour Tiki tour tiki-tour touch tour Tourane tour bus tour-goer tour group tour guide tourism tourist tour match tour mate tour operator what happens on tour stays on tour whistlestop tour

Translations

Arabic: رِحْلَة Arabic: جَوْلَة Arabic: جولة Armenian: շրջագայություն Armenian: ճանապարհորդություն Bulgarian: обико́лка Catalan: recorregut Chinese Mandarin: 旅游 Chinese Mandarin: 旅行 Chinese Mandarin: 旅途 Chinese Mandarin: 旅程 Danish: tur Danish: rundtur Dutch: excursie Dutch: reis Dutch: toer Finnish: matka Finnish: kiertoajelu Finnish: kiertokäynti Finnish: ekskursio French: excursion French: voyage French: tournée German: Tour German: Reise Greek: περιοδεία Hebrew: סיור Hebrew: טיול Hebrew: תִּיּוּר Higaonon: soroy Ido: turo Indonesian: tur Italian: viaggio Japanese: 旅行 Japanese: 旅 Japanese: ツアー Korean: 여행 Korean: 투어 Luganda: okulambula Mongolian: аялал Norwegian Bokmål: tur Norwegian Bokmål: rundtur Norwegian Nynorsk: tur Norwegian Nynorsk: rundtur Portuguese: passeio Russian: путеше́ствие Russian: пое́здка Russian: турне́ Scottish Gaelic: cuairt Scottish Gaelic: turas Spanish: recorrido Spanish: tour Spanish: tournée (turné) Tamil: சுற்றுலா Thai: ทัวร์ Tibetan: འགྲུལ་བཞུད Turkish: gezi Turkish: gezinti Vietnamese: du lịch Vietnamese: lữ hành
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