New Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:tour1 /tuʀ/ masculine noun - gen turn;
(around axis) revolution;
donner un ~ de clé to turn the key;
faire un ~ de manège to have a go on the merry-go-round;
faire un ~ sur soi-même [dancer] to spin around;
[planet] to rotate;
fermer qch à double ~ to double-lock sth;
à ~ de bras (familiar) [invest, buy up] left, right and centre (BrE) (colloquial); - faire le ~ de qch gen to go around sth;
to drive around sth;
la nouvelle a vite fait le ~ du village the news spread rapidly through the village; - (of pond) edges;
(of pipe, tree trunk) circumference;
(of head, hips) measurement;
(standard measurement) size; - walk, stroll;
(on bicycle) ride;
(in car) drive, spin;
je suis allé faire un ~ à Paris I went to Paris; - look;
faire le ~ d'un problème to have a look at a problem;
faire le ~ de ses relations to go through one's acquaintances;
ce roman, on en a vite fait le ~ (familiar) there's not much to this novel; - gen turn;
(in competition) round;
à qui le ~? whose turn is it?;
chacun son ~ each one in his turn;
il perd plus souvent qu'à son ~ he loses more often than he would like;
he loses more often than he should;
~ à ~ by turns;
in turn; - ~ de scrutin ballot, round of voting;
- trick;
jouer un ~ à qn to play a trick on sb;
ça te jouera des ~s it's going to get you into trouble one of these days; - trick;
~ de cartes card trick;
~ d'adresse feat of skill; - (in situation) turn;
donner un ~ nouveau à qch to give a new twist to sth; - Tech lathe.
COMPOUNDS: ~ de chant song recital;
~ de garde turn of duty;
~ de potier potter's wheel;
~ de rein(s) back strain. tour2 /tuʀ/ feminine noun - tower;
- tower block GB, high rise US;
- (in chess) rook, castle;
- siege-tower.
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| tour | | adj | shaper |
| tour | (machine outil) | n | lathe |
| tour | (aux échecs) | nf | rook |
| tour | (aux échecs) | nf | castle (chess piece) |
| tour | (grande structure) | nf | tower (tall structure) |
| tour | (immeuble) | nf | high-rise (habitation) |
| tour | | nm | trick |
| tour | | nm | rotation |
| tour | | nm | joke (trick) |
| tour | | nm | trick |
| tour | | nm | twist |
| tour | | nm | turn |
| tour | dans un jeu, une partie, | nm | go (game) in a game, a play |
| tour | | nm | tour |
| tour | (circuit) | nm | circuit (tour) |
| tour | (couture) | nm | measurement (clothing) |
| tour | (élection) | nm | ballot (poll) |
| tour | (en voiture) | nm | ride (in a car) |
| tour | (évolution) | nm | turn (evolution) |
| tour | (magie) | nm | magic trick |
| tour | (mécanique) | nm | turn (mechanics) |
| tour | (petite promenade) | nm | walk (short stroll) |
| tour | (poterie) | nm | wheel (pottery) |
| tour | (promenade) | nm | trip (stroll) |
| tour | (tour de piste) | nm | lap (lap (sport)) |
| tour | (tourisme) | nm | tout (tourism) | | Compound Forms/Formes composées | | à ton tour | | your turn | | à tour de rôle | | in turns | | à tour de rôle | adv | successively | | à tour de rôle | adv | in turn | | demi-tour | nm | half-turn | | demi-tour | nm | about turn | | demi-tour | nm | about-turn | | dernier tour de batte (de base ball) | | last inning | | deuxième tour | | second ballot | | deuxième tour | nm | runoff (final election) | | effectuer un tour mort (nautisme) | v | round turn | | en faisant demi-tour | | turning around | | faire demi-tour | v | turn around | | faire le tour de (du monde par ex) | v | circumnavigate | | faire le tour des magasins | v | shop around | | faire un demi-tour (faire demi-tour) | v | make a U-turn | | faire un tour | v | take a turn | | faire un tour | v | do a tour | | faire un tour à cheval, à bicyclette, ou à moto | v | go for a ride | | faire un tour en voiture | v | go for a drive | | fermer à double tour | | double-lock | | le tour de la question | | the facts of the matter | | mauvais tour | | ill turn | | nouveau tour à la défense du guichet (sport : cricket) | nm | follow-on (sport: cricket) | | passer avant son tour | vi | queue-jump UK | | premier tour | nm | first lap | | sale tour | nm | dirty trick | | serveur tour (informatique) | nm | tower server (computing) | | tour / minute | nm | rev | | tour avec des cloches | nm | campanile | | tour complet | nm | grand tour | | tour d'Europe | nm | grand tour of Europe | | tour d'eau | nf | fire tower | | tour d'exercice | nf | fire tower | | tour d'habitation | nf | tower house | | tour d'honneur | nm | lap of honour | | tour d'horizon de l'actualité | nm | topical outline | | tour d'incendie | nf | fire tower | | tour d'ivoire | nf | ivory tower | | tour d'ivoire | nf | ivory-tower | | tour de Babel | nf | tower of Babel (biblical) | | tour de contrôle | nf | control tower | | tour de guet | nf | observation tower | | tour de guet | nf | watchtower | | tour de hanches | nm | hipline | | tour de magie | nm | hat trick | | tour de magie | nm | magic act | | tour de main | nm | hand-turn | | tour de potier | nm | potter's wheel | | tour de rein | nm | rick | | tour de terrain | nm | ground round | | tour de vis | nm | turn of the screw | | tour de voiture | nm | car ride | | tour émettrice | | transmission tower | | tour ignifuge | nf | fire tower | | tour illuminée | | light tower | | tour penchée | nf | leaning tower | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot "tour".
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