tour en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /tʉːɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- /tʊɚ/ without the pour–poor merger
- /tɔɹ/ pour–poor merger
- /tuːɐ/ (Northumbria)
- /tʊɹ/ without the pour–poor merger
- audio
- /tuːɹ/ (Ireland)
- /tʊə/ (Australia)
- /tɔː(ɹ)/ pour–poor merger
- audio Queensland
- /tʊə(ɹ)/ without the pour–poor merger
Etymology
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Meanings
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A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
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A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
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A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Metallica's tour of Europe
- A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- A street and road race, frequently multiday.
- A set of competitions which make up a championship.
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A tour of duty.
Among those released were two Americans who had been held captive for more than three months: Alex Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, according to his aunt, Dianna Shaw; […]
2022 September 21, Carly Olson, Dan Bilefsky, “Ten prisoners, including Americans, have been released as part of a Russia-Ukraine exchange, Saudi Arabia says.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- A closed trail.
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(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
the tours of the heavenly bodies
It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation:
- A circuit of snooker tournaments
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tours | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tour bus · audio tour · tiki tour · midtour · rail tour · tourabout · ten-cent tour · tourgoer · package tour · pre-tour · tiki-tour · contour · tourscape · Tiki tour · subtour · tourmate · mystery tour · Cook's tour · whistlestop tour · starlight tour · pretour · retour · minitour · tourist · touch tour · avitour · book tour · abortion tour · grand tour · tourism · tour operator · tour guide · knight's tour · megatour · duck tour · ecotour · Tourane · on tour · Eulerian tour · nickel tour · railtour · tour mate · tour group · tour match · what happens on tour stays on tour · tour-goer · study tour · fifty-cent tour
Hyponyms
support tour · whirlwind tour · guided tour · Grand Tour · tour d'horizon · tour de force
Translations (121)
id tur (journey through given list of places) · it tournée (journey through given list of places) · vi du lịch (journey) · pt tour (guided visit) · fi kiertue (journey through given list of places) · ja ツアー (journey) · nn tur (journey) · cmn 一筆畫 /一笔画 (graph theory: a closed trail) · ja 旅行 (journey) · vi chuyến du lịch (guided visit) · pt turnê (journey through given list of places) · gd turas (journey through given list of places) · ta சுற்றுலா (journey) · fi kiertokäynti (guided visit) · it (abbrevation) tour (journey through given list of places) · mba soroy (journey) · es tournée (turné) (journey) · gl xira (journey through given list of places) · fr tournée (journey) · es tour (journey) · fi kiertokäynti (journey) · es tour (guided visit) · tr gezi (journey) · grc περιήγησις (guided visit) · ko 투어 (journey) · ta சுற்றுலா (journey through given list of places) · it giro (cycling: multistage street and road race) · he סיור (journey) · fi opastettu kierros (guided visit) · ru пое́здка (journey) · sh turneja (journey through given list of places) · he טיול (journey) · de Rundgang (guided visit) · th ทัวร์ (guided visit) · el ξενάγηση (guided visit) · ca gira (journey through given list of places) · tr gezinti (journey) · nl ronde (cycling: multistage street and road race) · he תִּיּוּר (journey) · es tour (journey through given list of places) · mi toronga (journey through given list of places) · bg тур (guided visit) · gd turas (guided visit) · oc virada (journey through given list of places) · cmn 旅游 (journey) · bg обико́лка (journey) · ta சுற்றுலா (guided visit) · el περιήγηση (guided visit) · el περιοδεία (journey through given list of places) · gd cuairt (journey) · ru путеше́ствие (journey) · cmn 旅途 (journey) · pt excursão (guided visit) · el περιοδεία (journey) · hy ճանապարհորդություն (journey) · es recorrido (journey) · fr voyage (journey) · hy շրջագայություն (journey) · th ทัวร์ (journey) · nl rondleiding (guided visit) · hy շրջագայություն (guided visit) · nb rundtur (guided visit) · bg обико́лка (cycling: multistage street and road race) · ru тур (guided visit) · fi ekskursio (journey) · nl rondgang (guided visit) · da tur (journey) · es gira (journey through given list of places) · nn rundtur (guided visit) · gd turas (journey) · fr visite guidée (guided visit) · nn rundtur (journey) · ar رِحْلَة (journey) · nl toer (journey) · nb rundtur (journey) · id tur (guided visit) · he סבב הופעות (journey through given list of places) · tr tur (guided visit) · de Reise (journey) · ta சுற்று (graph theory: a closed trail) · es tournée (turné) (journey through given list of places) · ko 여행 (journey) · hy շրջագայություն (journey through given list of places) · ar جَوْلَة (journey) · mn аялал (journey) · lg okulambula (journey) · fr tour (cycling: multistage street and road race) · fi kiertoajelu (journey) · de Tour (journey through given list of places) · es vuelta (cycling: multistage street and road race) · hy տուր (guided visit) · bo འགྲུལ་བཞུད (journey) · gd cuairt (guided visit) · de Tournee (journey through given list of places) · arz جولة (journey) · de Tour (guided visit) · nl excursie (journey) · nb tur (journey) · de Tour (journey) · pt passeio (journey) · fi matka (journey) · cmn 旅行 (journey) · ja 旅 (journey) · ru турне́ (journey) · vi chuyến du lịch (journey through given list of places) · da rundtur (journey) · fr tournée (journey through given list of places) · ca volta (cycling: multistage street and road race) · gd cuairt (journey through given list of places) · bg but see прост ци́къл (graph theory: a closed trail) · it viaggio (journey) · id tur (journey) · ca recorregut (journey) · cmn 旅程 (journey) · io turo (journey) · sv turné (journey through given list of places) · bg турне́ (journey through given list of places) · nl reis (journey) · fr excursion (journey) · fa تور (guided visit) · vi lữ hành (journey)