retour

English

Etymology 1

Noun

retour (plural retours)

1. A returning.
2. (law, Scotland) An extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor.

Derived terms

• retour interpretation
• retoured

Related terms

• retour interpreting
• retour sans protêt

Etymology 2

re- +‎ tour

Verb

retour (third-person singular simple present retours, present participle retouring, simple past and past participle retoured)

1. (transitive) To tour again.

Anagrams

• roture, router, tourer

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ur

Adverb

retour

1. back whence one came

Noun

retour n (plural retouren, diminutive retourtje n)

1. return
2. return ticket for a train

Descendants

• → Indonesian: retur

French

Etymology

Deverbal from retourner (“to return”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tuʁ/

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• Rhymes: -uʁ

Noun

retour m (plural retours)

1. return

   Le retour de Zidane redonne de l'élan aux Bleus

   The return of Zidane gives the Blues [French national football team] back their spirits.

2. second coming
3. feedback

Derived terms

• aller-retour
• de retour
• en retour
• point de non-retour
• retour à la case départ
• retour à la ligne
• retour de flamme
• retour de flammes
• retour de manivelle
• retour en grâce
• retour sur investissement

Further reading

• “retour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• router, trouer

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French retour.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

retour

1. (regional or dated) back

Derived terms

• Retourkutsche

Further reading

• “retour” in Duden online
• “retour” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache