Tour

See also: tour, and tóur

English

Proper noun

the Tour

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

Anagrams

• rout, trou

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

la Tour f

1. (by ellipsis) the Eiffel Tower

   Synonym: tour Eiffel

Proper noun

le Tour m

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

   Synonym: 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.

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

• touren
• auf Touren

Related terms

• Tournee
• Tourist, Tourismus
• Törn
• turnen, Turnier

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

• turo, turò, urto, urtò

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

el Tour m

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