different between tour vs tourist
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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tourist
English
Etymology
From tour +? -ist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t????st/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??.?st/, /?t?.?st/, /?t??.?st/
Noun
tourist (plural tourists)
- Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]
- (derogatory) One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement.
- (sports, informal) A member of the visiting team in a match.
Derived terms
Related terms
- tour
- tour guide
- tourism
- Grand Tour
Descendants
All are borrowed.
Translations
Further reading
- Tourism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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