detour

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
2. An temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Concepts

détour

contourner

déviation

biais

supercherie

crochet

🪝

dévier

rocade

Synonymes

bypass

roundabout way

go around

diversion

deviation

sheer

turning movement

circle

⭕

go round

skirt

roundabout

aberration

departure

deviate

digression

dissemblance

dissimulation

fraud

hem

humbug

indirection

journey

makebelieve

pass by

pretence

rim

round

roundabout route

scam

side road

swerve

tangent

sheer off

skate over

tour

turn

twirl

veer

make a detour

ring road

take around

long way

long road

wide turn

long way around

indirect route

alternate route

slide over

detour road

circuitous road

Traductions

Umweg

Umleitung

deviazione

rodeo

desvío

desviación

desvio

omweg

desviar

deviare

allugare la strada

sapma

Abstecher

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).