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route
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, Ireland)
- IPA(key): /?u?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- (General American)
- IPA(key): /?u?t/, /?a?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t, -a?t
- (General Australian)
- IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- (Canada)
- IPA(key): /?ut/
- Rhymes: -ut
- Homophones: root, rute (/?u?t/); rout (/?a?t/)
Etymology 1
From Middle English route, borrowed from Old French route, rote (“road, way, path”) (compare modern French route), from Latin (via) rupta (“(road) opened by force”), from rumpere viam "to open up a path". As a Chinese administrative division, a semantic loan from Chinese ? (lù).
Noun
route (plural routes)
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ?ISBN, pages 156-7:
- If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […] . Rolex has taken this route […]
- 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ?ISBN, pages 156-7:
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
Synonyms
- (Chinese administrative division): lu, circuit, province
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routing or (UK) routeing, simple past and past participle routed)
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
Derived terms
- reroute
- router
Translations
See also
- (Internet) bridge
- (Internet) LAN
- (Internet) WAN
Etymology 2
Verb
route
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
Further reading
- route in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- route in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Toure, outer, outre, outré, rouet, utero-
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.t?/
- Hyphenation: rou?te
- Rhymes: -ut?
Noun
route f (plural routes or routen, diminutive routetje n)
- route, course, way (particular pathway or direction one travels)
- road, route
Derived terms
- fietsroute
- marsroute
- routebeschrijving
- route-informatie
- routekaart
- routeplanner
- routenavigatie
- vaarroute
- wandelroute
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: rute
French
Etymology
From Middle French route, from Old French route, rote, from Latin rupta via.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ut/
- Rhymes: -ut
Noun
route f (plural routes)
- road (sometimes route like "Route 66")
- route, way, path
Derived terms
Further reading
- “route” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- outre, outré, troue, troué
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French, Old French route, rote, Anglo-French rute "troop, band"
Noun
route (plural routes)
- route
- a group of people
- band, company
- '14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Prologue, 1-3
- Whan that the Knight hadde thus his tale ytold
- In all the route nas ther yong ne old
- That he ne saide it was a noble storye
- '14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Prologue, 1-3
- crowd, populace
- throng; gang, with connotation of illicit activity
- band, company
- the proper condition of something
Etymology 2
From Old English hrutan, "to make a noise; snore" Compare Old Norse or Middle Dutch ruten, ruyten, Old Swedish ruta. For senses 4 and 5 compare Old Icelandic hrjota "to burst, spring forth."
Verb
route
- first-person singular present indicative of routen
Etymology 3
Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.
Verb
route
- first-person singular present indicative of routen
Norman
Etymology
From Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).
Noun
route f (plural routes)
- (Jersey) road
- (Jersey, nautical, of a watercraft) course
Old French
Alternative forms
- rote
- route
Etymology
From Latin rupta (via).
Noun
route f (oblique plural routes, nominative singular route, nominative plural routes)
- route (course or way which is traveled or passed)
Synonyms
- chemin
- curs
- voie
Descendants
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tour
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??(?)/, /t??(?)/, /t?/
- Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)
- Homophone: tore (pour-poor merger)
Etymology 1
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Noun
tour (plural tours)
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- (sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- (sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.
- (sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.
- (military) A tour of duty.
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
- (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
- 1712, Richard Blackmore Creation
- It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
- 1712, Richard Blackmore Creation
- (snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- study tour
- tour guide
Translations
Verb
tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)
- (intransitive) To make a journey
- (transitive) To make a circuit of a place
Translations
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
Etymology
Borrowed from French tour.
Pronunciation
Noun
tour m (plural tours, diminutive tourtje n)
- tour
Synonyms
- rondreis
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
From Old French tor, from Latin turris, turrem, from Ancient Greek ?????? (túrrhis), ?????? (túrsis).
Noun
tour f (plural tours)
- tower
- (chess) rook
- apartment building
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Breton: tour
Etymology 2
Deverbal Old French torner, tourner.
Noun
tour m (plural tours)
- turn, circumference
- go, turn
- walk, stroll
- round, stage (of a competition)
- trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick)
- ride
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Russian: ???? (tura)
- ? Ukrainian: ???? (tura)
Etymology 3
From Latin tornus.
Noun
tour m (plural tours)
- lathe, potter’s wheel
Derived terms
- tour de potier
- tour d'abandon
- tour du poteau
Anagrams
- trou
See also
Further reading
- “tour” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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
Alternative forms
- towr
Noun
tour (plural tours)
- tower
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tu?/, [?t?u?]
Noun
tour m (plural tours)
- tour, guided visit to a country, museum, etc.
- Synonyms: viaje, visita, excursión
- (sports) tour, a trip to another country to play matches
- (music) tour, a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician
- Synonym: gira
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