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Webster 1913 Edition

Tour

Noun.

[F.

tour

. See

Tower

A tower.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Tour

Noun.

[F.

tour

. See

Turn

Verb.

]

A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion;

as, the

tour

of Europe; the

tour

of France or England

The bird of Jove stooped from his airy

tour

Milton.

A turn; a revolution;

as, the

tours

of the heavenly bodies

[Obs.]

Blackmore.

(Mil.)

anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn;

as, a

tour

of duty

Syn. – Journey; excursion. See

Journey

Tour

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Toured

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Touring

To make a tourm;

as, to

tour

throught a country

T. Hughes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tour

TOUR

, n.

Literally, a going round; hence, a journey in a circuit; as the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.

A turn; a revolution; as the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Not now in use.]

A turn; as a tour of duty; a military use of the word.

A tress or circular border of hair on the head, worn sometimes by both sexes.

A tower. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Tour

See also: tour and tóur

English

Proper noun

the Tour

(cycling) The Tour de France

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuːɐ̯/

Etymology

From French tour

Noun

Tour f ‎(genitive Tour, plural Touren)

tour

tour

See also: Tour and tóur

English

Noun

tour ‎(plural tours)

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Metallica's tour of Europe
(sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
(military) A tour of duty.
(graph theory) A closed trail.
(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
- Milton
  The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.

the tours of the heavenly bodies

(Can we find and add a quotation of Blackmore to this entry?)

Derived terms

Translations

journey

Arabic: رِحْلَة f ‎(riḥla), جَوْلَة f ‎(jawla)
Egyptian Arabic: جولة m ‎(gawla)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅游 (zh) ‎(lǚyóu), 旅行 (zh) ‎(lǚxíng), 旅途 (zh) ‎(lǚtú), 旅程 (zh) ‎(lǚchéng)
Dutch: excursie (nl), reis (nl) f, toer (nl) m
Finnish: matka (fi), kiertoajelu (fi), kiertokäynti, ekskursio (fi)
French: excursion (fr) m, voyage (fr) m, tournée (fr) f
German: Tour (de) f, Reise (de) f
Greek: περιοδεία (el) f ‎(periodeía)
Hebrew: סיור m ‎(siur), טיול (he) m ‎(tiul)
Indonesian: tur (id)

Japanese: 旅行 (ja) ‎(ryokō), 旅 (ja) ‎(tabi), ツアー ‎(tsuā)
Korean: 여행 (ko) ‎(yeohaeng) (旅行 (ko)), 투어 ‎(tueo)
Mongolian: аялал (mn) ‎(ajalal)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: tur (no) m, rundtur (no) m

Nynorsk: tur m, rundtur m
Portuguese: passeio (pt) m
Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n ‎(putešéstvije), пое́здка (ru) f ‎(pojézdka), (indeclinable) турне́ (ru) n ‎(turnɛ́)
Scottish Gaelic: cuairt f, turas m
Thai: ทัวร์ ‎(tuua)
Turkish: gezi (tr), gezinti (tr)
Vietnamese: tua (vi)

guided visit

Dutch: rondgang (nl), rondleiding (nl)
Finnish: kiertokäynti, opastettu (fi) kierros (fi)
French: visite guidée f
German: Tour (de) f
Greek: περιήγηση (el) f ‎(periígisi), ξενάγηση (el) f ‎(xenágisi)
Indonesian: tur (id)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: rundtur (no) m

Nynorsk: rundtur m

Persian: تور (fa) ‎(tur)
Portuguese: excursão (pt) f, tour m
Russian: тур (ru) m ‎(tur)
Scottish Gaelic: cuairt f, turas m
Thai: ทัวร์ ‎(tuua)
Turkish: tur (tr)
Vietnamese:

journey through given list of places

Finnish: kiertue (fi)
French: tournée (fr) f
German: Tour (de) f, Tournee (de) f
Greek: περιοδεία (el) f ‎(periodeía)
Hebrew: סבב הופעות (he) m ‎(sevev hofāʿot)
Indonesian: tur (id)

Italian: tournée (it) f, (abbrivation) tour (it) f
Portuguese: turnê (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: cuairt f, turas m
Spanish: gira (es)
Swedish: turné (sv) c
Vietnamese: tua (vi)

graph theory: a closed trail

Verb

tour ‎(third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)

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

Translations

to make a journey

Dutch: tournee (nl) f
French: tourner (fr)
Greek: περιοδεύω (el) ‎(periodévo), περιηγούμαι (el) ‎(periigoúmai)

Spanish: recorrer (es)
Turkish: gezmek (tr)

to make a circuit

Spanish: recorrer (es)

Turkish: turlamak (tr)

Etymology 2

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

rout
trou

Breton

Noun

tour

Hard mutation of dour.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowing from French tour.

Noun

tour m ‎(plural tours, diminutive tourtje n)

tour

Synonyms

rondreis

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuʁ/

Etymology 1

From Old French tor, from Latin turris

Noun

tour f ‎(plural tours)

tower
La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning.
(chess) rook

Etymology 2

From Old French torner, tourner.

Noun

tour m ‎(plural tours)

Etymology 3

From Latin tornus.

Noun

tour m ‎(plural tours)

lathe, potter’s wheel

Anagrams

trou

Chess pieces in French · pièces d'échecs (layout · text)

roi	dame	tour	fou	cavalier	pion

Portuguese

Noun

tour m (plural tours)

tour (guided visit)
tour (journey through a given list of places)

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tur/

Etymology 1

Noun

tour ‎(plural tours)

tour

Etymology 2

Noun

tour ‎(plural tours)

tower

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuɾ/

Noun

tour m ‎(plural tours)

tour, guided visit to a country, museum, etc.
(sports) tour, a trip to another country to play matches
(music) tour, a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician

Synonyms

(visit to a place): viaje, visita, excursión
(trip by a musician): gira

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Tour

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Etymology

Noun

tour

tour

English

Noun

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Noun

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Breton

Noun

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Noun

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Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

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Noun

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Portuguese

Noun

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Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Spanish

Pronunciation

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