retourner

Meaning

1. to turn over, turn upside-down; (in cooking) to turn
2. to toss (salad), turn over (earth, soil)
3. to return, send back (an object)
4. to return, go back (to/from a place)
5. to return, revert (à to) (a state etc)
6. to turn over; to overturn, capsize
7. to turn round (turn one's head)
8. to be reversed, be turned round (of a situation etc.)
9. to get organised

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.tuʁ.ne/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French retorner, from re- + torner; morphologically, from re- + tourner.

Sentences

Il souhaite ensuite retourner aux Indes , seul .

He then wishes to return to India, alone.