tour

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)/ (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /tʊə(ɹ)/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /tʉːɹ/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /tuːɐ/ (General American, Canada) (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /tʊɚ/, /tʊɹ/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /tɔɹ/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /tuːɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /tʊə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ) Homophones: ; tore (pour–poor merger), tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger); taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic) === Etymology 1 === From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner. ==== Noun ==== 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. (sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday. (sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship. (military) A tour of duty. (graph theory) A closed trail. (obsolete) A going round; a circuit. (obsolete) A turn; a revolution. (snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) (intransitive) To make a journey. (transitive) To make a circuit of a place. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”). ==== Noun ==== tour (plural tours) (dated) A tower. === Etymology 3 === See toot. ==== Verb ==== tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured) (obsolete) To toot a horn. ==== References ==== “tour”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === rout, trou == Breton == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuːr/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Breton tour, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis). Compare Cornish tour and Welsh tŵr. ==== Noun ==== tour m (plural tourioù) tower ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== tour hard mutation of dour == Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle English tour, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis). Compare Breton tour and Welsh tŵr. === Noun === tour m (plural touryow) tower keep ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tur/ Rhymes: -ur Homophone: toer === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French tour. ==== Noun ==== tour m (plural tours, diminutive tourtje n) tour (journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.) Synonyms: rondreis, rondrit, tournee tour (journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts) Synonym: tournee ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tour inflection of touren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuʁ/ ("un tour") Rhymes: -uʁ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French tor, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis). ==== Noun ==== tour f (plural tours) tower La tour de Pise est penchée. ― The Tower of Pisa is leaning. (chess) rook apartment building ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Breton: tour → Russian: тура́ (turá) → Ukrainian: тура́ (turá) === Etymology 2 === Deverbal Old French torner, tourner. Related to Etymology 3. ==== Noun ==== tour m (plural tours) turn, circumference go, turn walk, stroll round, stage (of a competition) trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick) ride lap (of a race) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Russian: тур (tur) → Spanish: tour → Turkish: tur → Ukrainian: тур (tur) === Etymology 3 === From Latin tornus. Related to Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== tour m (plural tours) lathe potter’s wheel ===== Derived terms ===== tour de potier tour d'abandon tour du poteau === See also === === Further reading === “tour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “tour”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse === Anagrams === trou == Middle English == === Alternative forms === thour, tor, tore, toure, towere, towour, tur === Etymology === From Old English tūr, tor, torr, from Latin turris. Displaced native Middle English stepel for the general sense of "tower". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuːr/ === Noun === tour (plural toures) tower ==== Descendants ==== English: tower (see there for further descendants) Scots: tour, towr Yola: toweare ==== References ==== “tǒur, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French tour. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɾ === Noun === tour m (plural tours) tour (guided visit) tour (journey through a given list of places) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tour”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tour”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “tour”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tur/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tour (plural tours) tour === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== towr ==== Noun ==== tour (plural tours) tower == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French tour. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuɾ/ [ˈt̪uɾ] Rhymes: -uɾ IPA(key): /ˈtouɾ/ [ˈt̪ou̯ɾ] Rhymes: -ouɾ Syllabification: tour === Noun === tour m (plural tours) tour, guided visit to a country, museum, etc. Synonyms: viaje, visita, excursión (sports) tour, a trip to another country to play matches (music) tour, a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician Synonym: gira ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tour”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === tour c (sports) a tour (chiefly in individual ball games) ==== Declension ==== === References === “tour”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tour”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tour”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)