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feminine

/tuʁ.ne/

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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

Genderfeminine
Pluraltournées

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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This word is part of lesson 37.