Tour
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]the Tour
- (cycling, by ellipsis) The Tour de France.
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]la Tour f
- (by ellipsis) the Eiffel Tower
- Synonym: tour Eiffel
Proper noun
[edit]le Tour m
- (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France
- Synonym: Tour de France
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th century, borrowed from Middle French tour. Feminine gender after words such as Reise, Fahrt, Drehung.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Tour f (genitive Tour, plural Touren)
- tour, journey
- a trip, particularly when travel takes up a significant portion of the time (as in a daytrip or a journey with several stops)
- (sports) a race with several stages
- Etappensiege sind ihm egal; er will die Tour gewinnen.
- He doesn't care about winning stages; he wants to win the tour.
- (music, theater) a series of artistic appearances in different places
- Synonyms: Tournee, Konzertreise
- (dated) turn, rotation
- revolution of a motor
- (informal) manner, way, fashion
- Synonyms: Art, Weise, Manier
- Auf die nette Tour erreicht man oft mehr.
- You often achieve more in the nice way.
- (especially derogatory) a way of persuading, of presenting oneself: shtick, game, scheme
- Synonym: Masche
- Dann fing er wieder an mit seiner typischen Tour.
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Declension
[edit]Declension of Tour [feminine]
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]il Tour m
- (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France
- Synonyms: Giro di Francia, Tour de France
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]el Tour m
- (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France
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