The French word for to turn is
tourner
French Definition
turn | |
1. v. (Turn (in place)) Tourner, retourner. | |
Turn so I can see your profile. | |
2. v. (Turn around) Renverser. | |
Turn around. I want to go home. | |
3. v. (Turn (around something)) Virer. | |
Turn right at the next intersection. | |
4. v. (Move something else) Dévier. | |
They turned the river to go on the other side of the town. | |
5. v. (Turn into) Changer, transformer, convertir. | |
When the moon is full, a werewolf turns from a person into a wolf. | |
6. n. File, rang, rangée, tour. | |
7. n. Coup (d'un jeu). | |
White has the first turn in chess. | |
Whose turn is it to move? |
Translations for turn and their definitions
Tour | © | ||
1. Proper noun. (by ellipsis) the Eiffel Tower | |||
2. Proper noun. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France | |||
3. n-f. tower | |||
La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning. | |||
4. n-f. (chess) rook | |||
5. n-f. apartment building | |||
6. n-m. turn, circumference | |||
7. n-m. go, turn | |||
8. n-m. walk, stroll | |||
9. n-m. round, stage (of a competition) | |||
10. n-m. trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick) | |||
11. n-m. ride | |||
12. n-m. lathe | |||
13. n-m. potter’s wheel |
tourner | |||
1. v. to turn (left, right etc.) | |||
2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients) | |||
3. v. to tour, to go on tour | |||
4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film | |||
5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.) | |||
Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer. | |||
6. v. to lathe |
virer | ||
1. v. to bear, veer (change direction slightly) | ||
Virer à gauche. - Bear left. | ||
2. v. to turn into, become | ||
La situation va virer au drame. - The situation is going to turn into a drama. | ||
3. v. to transfer (money, from one account to another) | ||
4. v. to get rid of, fire, shitcan | ||
Tu pourrais te faire virer pour ça. - You could get yourself fired for that. |
se tourner | |
devenir | ||
1. n-m. future | ||
2. v. to become | ||
3. v. (Louisiana French , followed by de) to come from |
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