tourner

A. vtr

• 1 to turn tourner la tête vers = to turn to look at tourner les yeux vers = to look at Definition of turn in the British & World English dictionary Definition of turn in the US English dictionary Translate turn | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 to shoot [film] Definition of shoot in the British & World English dictionary Definition of shoot in the US English dictionary Translate shoot | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 to get around [difficulty, law] Definition of get around in the British & World English dictionary Definition of get around in the US English dictionary Translate get around | into Italian | into Spanish

• 4 to phrase [letter, criticism] Definition of phrase in the British & World English dictionary Definition of phrase in the US English dictionary Translate phrase | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 5tourner qn/qch en dérision = to deride sb/sth

• 6tourner et retourner qch dans son esprit = to mull sth over

• 7 to stir [sauce]; to toss [salad] Definition of stir in the British & World English dictionary Definition of stir in the US English dictionary Translate stir | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

B. vi

• 1 (gen) to turn; [planet] to rotate; [rotating door] to revolve; [dancer] to spin faire tourner = to turn; = to spin faire tourner les tables (in spiritualism) = to do table-turning Definition of turn in the British & World English dictionary Definition of turn in the US English dictionary Translate turn | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2tourner autour de (gen) = to turn around; [planet] = to revolve around; [plane] = to circle

• 3tourner (en rond) [person] = to go round and round; [driver] = to drive round and round tourner en rond (figurative) [discussion] = to go round in circles

• 4tourner autour de [sum of money] = to be (somewhere) in the region of

• 5 [engine, factory] to run tourner rond [engine] = to run smoothly; [business] = to be doing well faire tourner = to run [business, company] mon frère ne tourne pas rond depuis quelque temps (fam) = my brother has been acting strangely for some time Definition of run in the British & World English dictionary Definition of run in the US English dictionary Translate run | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 6les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui = things turned out well/badly for him

• 7 [director] to shoot tourner (dans un film) [actor] = to make a film (GB) or movie (US) Definition of shoot in the British & World English dictionary Definition of shoot in the US English dictionary Translate shoot | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 8 [milk, meat] to go off Definition of go off in the British & World English dictionary Definition of go off in the US English dictionary Translate go off | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 9tourner autour de qn = to hang around sb

C. v refl (+ v être) (se tourner)

• 1se tourner vers qn/qch = to turn to sb/sth

• 2se tourner vers qn/qch = to turn toward(s) sb/sth

• 3 to turn aroundTranslate turn around | into Italian | into Spanish