turn

A. n

• 1 (in games, sequence) tour (m) whose turn is it? = c'est à qui le tour? to be sb's turn to do = être le tour de qn de faire to take turns at sleeping, to take it in turns to sleep = dormir à tour de rôle by turns = tour à tour to speak out of turn = commettre un impair

• 2 (circular movement) tour (m) to give sth a turn = tourner qch to do a turn [dancer] = faire un tour

• 3 (in vehicle) virage (m) to make or do a left/right turn = tourner à gauche/à droite

• 4 (bend, side road) tournant (m), virage (m) take the next right turn, take the next turn on the right = prenez la prochaine (rue) à droite

• 5 (change, development) tournure (f) to take a turn for the better [things, events, situation] = prendre une meilleure tournure to take a turn for the worse [situation] = se dégrader; [health] = s'aggraver

• 6 (GB) (colloq) (attack) crise (f) a dizzy turn = un vertige it gave me quite a turn, it gave me a nasty turn = ça m'a fait un coup (fam)

• 7 (act) numéro (m)

B. vtr

• 1 (rotate) [person] tourner [wheel, handle]; serrer [screw]; [mechanism] faire tourner [cog, wheel]

• 2 (turn over, reverse) retourner [mattress, soil, steak, collar]; tourner [page] it turns my stomach = ça me soulève le cœur

• 3 (change direction of) tourner [chair, head, face, car]

• 4 (focus direction of) to turn [sth] on sb = braquer [qch] sur qn [gun, hose, torch]

• 5 (transform) to turn sth white/black = blanchir/noircir qch to turn sth opaque = rendre qch opaque to turn sth into = transformer qch en [office, car park, desert] to turn a book into a film = adapter un livre pour le cinéma to turn sb into [magician] = changer qn en [frog]; [experience] = faire de qn [extrovert, maniac]

• 6 (colloq) (become) devenir [Conservative, Communist] businessman turned politician = ex-homme d'affaires devenu homme politique

• 7 (deflect) détourner [person, conversation] (towards vers de) (from de)

• 8 (colloq) (pass the age of) he has turned 50 = il a 50 ans passés she has just turned 30 = elle vient d'avoir 30 ans

• 9 (on lathe) tourner [wood, piece]

C. vi

• 1 (change direction) [person, car, plane, road] tourner; [ship] virer to turn down or into = tourner dans [street, alley] to turn towards = tourner en direction de [village, mountains]

• 2 (reverse direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour; [tide] changer; [luck] tourner

• 3 (revolve) [key, wheel, planet] tourner; [person] se tourner

• 4 (hinge) to turn on [argument] = tourner autour de [point, issue]; [outcome] = dépendre de [factor]

• 5 (spin round angrily) to turn on sb [dog] = attaquer qn; [person] = se retourner contre qn

• 6 (resort to) to turn to = se tourner vers [person, religion] to turn to drink/drugs = se mettre à boire/se droguer I don't know where to turn = je ne sais plus où donner de la tête (fam)

• 7 (change) to turn into [person, tadpole] = se transformer en [frog]; [sofa] = se transformer en [bed]; [situation, evening] = tourner à [farce, disaster] to turn to [substance] = se changer en [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] = faire place à [horror, relief]

• 8 (become by transformation) devenir [pale, cloudy, green] to turn white/black/red = blanchir/noircir/rougir the weather is turning cold/warm = le temps se rafraîchit/se réchauffe

• 9 (colloq) (become) devenir [Conservative, Communist] businessman turned politician = ex-homme d'affaires devenu homme politique

• 10 (go sour) [milk] tourner

• 11 [trees, leaves] jaunir

D. phr

• [answer, speak] à tour de rôle she spoke to each of us in turn = elle nous a parlé chacun à notre tour