detour en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈtʊə/ (obsolete)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/ pour–poor merger
- /dɪˈtɔː/ (obsolete)
- /ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/ without the pour–poor merger
- /ˈdi.toɹ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).
Meanings
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A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.
1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IX, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:Of course the Johnston swings around to engage the entire flotilla, and, despite taking several more hits, Johnston successfully forces away the first two ships, which leads to the entire squadron taking a detour to avoid the single pugnacious ship.
2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 29:50 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
- A temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| detours | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (54)
bg обиколка (diversion or deviation) · uk об'їзд (diversion or deviation) · ga seachród (diversion or deviation) · pl zwrot (diversion or deviation) · de Umleitung (diversion or deviation) · fi kiertotie (diversion or deviation) · pl odwrót (diversion or deviation) · cs zajížďka (diversion or deviation) · la dēvortia (diversion or deviation) · he מעקף (diversion or deviation) · ru око́льный путь (diversion or deviation) · ga cor bealaigh (diversion or deviation) · hu kerülőút (diversion or deviation) · mi autaki (diversion or deviation) · fa مسیر انحرافی (diversion or deviation) · ru обхо́д (diversion or deviation) · es detur (temporary alternative route to the main route) · pt distracção (diversion or deviation) · da omvej (diversion or deviation) · ca marrada (diversion or deviation) · alt айлаш јол (diversion or deviation) · nl wegomlegging (diversion or deviation) · it deviazione (diversion or deviation) · ga cúrsa timpill (diversion or deviation) · mi ara autaki (diversion or deviation) · bg отклонение (diversion or deviation) · mi ara autaki (temporary alternative route to the main route) · nl omleiding (diversion or deviation) · de Umweg (diversion or deviation) · hu kerülő (diversion or deviation) · es detur (diversion or deviation) · fr déviation (diversion or deviation) · cmn 繞行 /绕行 (diversion or deviation) · es desvío (diversion or deviation) · nl omweg (diversion or deviation) · ga athbhealach (diversion or deviation) · pl objazd (temporary alternative route to the main route) · yue 彎路 /弯路 (diversion or deviation) · hu elkerülő út (diversion or deviation) · fr détour (diversion or deviation) · ja 迂回路 (diversion or deviation) · gl rodeo (diversion or deviation) · ga malairt slí (diversion or deviation) · el παράκαμψη (diversion or deviation) · pl okrężna droga (temporary alternative route to the main route) · hak 彎路 /弯路 (diversion or deviation) · fa بیراهه (diversion or deviation) · nb omkjøring (diversion or deviation) · ru крю́к (diversion or deviation) · pt desvio (diversion or deviation) · sv omväg (diversion or deviation) · ru объе́зд (diversion or deviation) · cmn 彎路 /弯路 (diversion or deviation) · bg заобикаляне (diversion or deviation)