Complete Definition of "tour"

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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-tour.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)|-��(r), Rhymes:English:-��(r)|-��(r)

Etymology
From OF. French|tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

Noun
en-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 concert|concerts.
  4. cricket A trip taken to another nation by a test side in which several matches will be played
  5. dated A tower.

Translations
trans-top|journey
Dutch:excursie, reis
French: excursion m, voyage m
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Hebrew: ס��ר (siur) m, ���� (tiul) m
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trans-top|guided visit
Dutch: rondgang, rondleiding
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trans-top|performance excursion
Dutch: tournée
French: tournée f
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Hebrew: ס�� ��פע�ת (sevev hof�ʿot) m
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Verb
en-verb

  1. intransitive To make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.
  2. transitive To make a circuit of a place

Translations
Spanish: recorrer


French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /tu�/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /tuR/

Etymology 1
From L. turris (tower).

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. tower

#: La Tour de Pise est penchée. - The :w:Tower of Pisa|Tower of Pisa is leaning.

  1. chess|lang=fr rook

Etymology 2
From OF. torner, tourner.

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. turn, circumference
  2. go, turn

Etymology 3
From L. tornus.

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. lathe, potter's wheel

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