tourner

Meaning

  1. to turn (left, right etc.)
  2. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
  3. to tour, to go on tour
  4. to film, to shoot a film
  5. (ambitransitive) to run, to operate to execute (a program, a business, an application etc.)
  6. to lathe
  7. to go bad (food)

Concepts

turn
rotate
revolve
turn round
go
turn around
spin
twist
veer
go round
roll
gyrate
bend
turn over
guide
wind
turn on
pivot
change
go around
get
whirl
circle
⭕
shoot
switch on
go off
wrench
🔧
flip
film
📽️
twirl
wring
tour
move
stir
become
rotation
round off
spun

turn one’s back

gyration
curve
crank
capsize
corner
rick
give in
come round
break
alter
revolution
Synonyms

retourner
A2
devenir
A2
pivoter
38k
diriger
B2
tournoyer
38k
virer
B1
🐻
aller
A1
rouler
B2
enrouler
30k
marcher
A2
🚶

faire tourner

fonctionner
B2
renverser
C1
céder
C1
agiter
C2
remuer
C1
ployer
allumer
B2
fléchir
40k
concentrer
B2
brasser
41k

s’infléchir

tourner en rond
tordre
C2

se couder

tour
A1
chavirer
29k
photographier
C2
battre
A2
plier
C1
entortiller
entorse
C2
changer
A1
enlever
B1
cercle
B2
⭕

effectuer une révolution

donner
A1
passer
A1
ouvrir
A2
orbiter
disparaître
B1
activer
C2
mettre
A1
dévier
20k
lancer
B1
labourer
30k
brancher
C2
jouer
A1
giration
détourner
C1
Translations

girare
drehen
draaien
dönmek
girar
virar
wenden
girar
girar
voltear
çevirmek
döndürmek
voltare
umdrehen
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tuʁ.ne/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
tourner
Inherited from Old French
torner
Inherited from Latin
tornō
In summary

Inherited from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornāre (“turn”).

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