"tourist" in seven languages
Meaningtourist
Spanish
turista
/tuˈɾista/
borrowed · English tourist
Same form for men and women: el/la turista.
French
touriste
/tuʁist/
borrowed · English tourist
Italian
turista
/tuˈrista/
borrowed · English tourist
Plural turisti (m), turiste (f).
Portuguese
turista
/tuˈɾistɐ/
masc.borrowed · English tourist
Romanian
turist
/tuˈrist/
masc.borrowed · French touriste
Catalan
turista
/tuˈɾistə/
masc.borrowed · English tourist
English
tourist
/ˈtʊɹɪst/
from Latin/French · tour (Old French tour) + -ist
English → ItaliantouristturistaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TORNUM‘lathe, turner's wheel (from Greek tórnos)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English took French tour 'a turn, circuit' and made the tourist of the Grand Tour; the sisters then borrowed tourist back.
English relatives: tour, turn, tournament
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In a sentence
- esEn verano la ciudad está llena de turistas.
- frEn été, la ville est pleine de touristes.
- itD'estate la città è piena di turisti.
- ptNo verão a cidade fica cheia de turistas.
- roVara orașul e plin de turiști.
- caA l'estiu la ciutat és plena de turistes.
- enThe city is full of tourists in summer.