Tour

See also: tour and tóur

English

Proper noun

the Tour

  1. (cycling) Ellipsis of Tour de France.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʁ/
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Proper noun

la Tour f

  1. ellipsis of tour Eiffel (“the Eiffel Tower”)

Proper noun

le Tour m

  1. (cycling) ellipsis of Tour de France (“the Tour de France”)

German

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle French tour. Feminine gender after words such as Reise, Fahrt, Drehung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuːr/, [tu(ː)ɐ̯]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Tour f (genitive Tour, plural Touren)

  1. tour, journey
    Synonyms: Fahrt, Reise
    1. a trip, particularly when travel takes up a significant portion of the time (as in a daytrip or a journey with several stops)
      Synonyms: Rundfahrt, Rundreise, Ausflug, Wanderung
      Wir haben eine zweiwöchige Tour durch acht Städte gemacht.
      We did a two-week tour of eight cities.
    2. (sports) a race with several stages
      Etappensiege sind ihm egal; er will die Tour gewinnen.
      He doesn't care about winning stages; he wants to win the tour.
    3. (music, theater) a series of artistic appearances in different places
      Synonyms: Tournee, Konzertreise
  2. (dated) turn, rotation
    Synonyms: Drehung, Umdrehung, Umlauf, Rotation
    1. revolution of a motor
      Synonyms: Umdrehung, Drehzahl
      Wie viel Touren hat der Wagen?
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  3. (informal) manner, way, fashion
    Synonyms: Art, Weise, Manier
    Auf die nette Tour erreicht man oft mehr.
    You often achieve more in the nice way.
    1. (especially derogatory) a way of persuading, of presenting oneself: shtick, game, scheme
      Synonym: Masche
      Dann fing er wieder an mit seiner typischen Tour.
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Declension

Declension of Tour [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tour die Touren
genitive einer der Tour der Touren
dative einer der Tour den Touren
accusative eine die Tour die Touren

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Tour” in Duden online
  • “Tour” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Proper noun

il Tour m

  1. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France
    Synonyms: Giro di Francia, Tour de France

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuɾ/ [ˈt̪uɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ

Proper noun

el Tour m

  1. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France
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