touriste

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English tourist. By surface analysis, tour +‎ -iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ʁist/

• Audio:

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Noun

touriste m or f by sense (plural touristes)

1. tourist, holidaymaker, sightseer (someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business)
2. (derogatory) tourist (someone who takes part in something without much commitment)

Derived terms

• touristique

Related terms

• tourisme

Descendants

• → Persian: توریست (turist)
• → Italian: turista
  • → Afar: tuurísti
  • → Cimbrian: turist
  • → Mòcheno: turist
• → Norman: touriste
• → Romanian: turist
• → Turkish: turist

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

touriste m or f (plural touristes)

1. (Jersey) tourist