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tour

turn

noun toor Common
Travel & Places Landmarks

Also means

tower

Usage Note

Tour is another gender-split noun: un tour (masculine) means a turn, a trick, a tour or a revolution; une tour (feminine) means a tower (as in la Tour Eiffel). À mon tour means 'my turn'. Faire le tour de means 'to go around' a place. The gender distinction is critical to avoid confusion.

Examples

"C'est ton tour de parler."

Natural Translation

It's your turn to speak.

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