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/tuʁ.ne/
Translation
tour, round of drinks
Word origin
The feminine past participle of tourner ('to turn'), used as a noun for a circuit that comes back to its starting point. Tourner comes from Latin tornare ('to turn on a lathe'), from tornus ('lathe'), itself from Greek tornos.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tornare
- English cognates
- turn, tour, tournament
Grammar
Examples
chanteur au .
The singer goes on tour in March.
C' , '- ?
This round is on me, what are you having?
facteur .
The postman finished his round before noon.
européenne .
They have announced a European tour of twenty concerts.
, l'.
After the match we bought a round for the whole team.
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