retour
English
Noun
retour (plural retours)
- A returning.
- (law, Scotland) An extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor.
Derived terms
- retoured
Anagrams
- roture, router, tourer
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ur
Adverb
retour
- back whence one came
Noun
retour n (plural retouren, diminutive retourtje n)
- return
- return ticket for a train
Descendants
- → Indonesian: retur
French
Etymology
Deverbal from retourner (“to return”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.tuʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -uʁ
Noun
retour m (plural retours)
- 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.
- second coming
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
Audio (file)
Adverb
retour
- (regional or dated) back
Derived terms
- Retourkutsche
Further reading
- “retour” in Duden online
- “retour” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache