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/tu.ʁist/

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Translation

tourist

Word origin

From English tourist ('one who makes a tour'), borrowed into French in the early nineteenth century.

Origin: English
Root: tourist
English cognates: tour, tourism

Grammar

Gendercommon

Pluraltouristes

Examples

Eiffel .

Many tourists visit the Eiffel Tower every year.

, .

In summer, the town is full of tourists.

australienne .

This Australian tourist loves French cuisine.

is epicene: the same spelling covers a male or female tourist ( , ), so it's set as common gender here rather than masculine, despite the AQA source gloss marking it (m).

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