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tour d'horizon

tour de force

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“Tour d'horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour%20d%27horizon. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.

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tour d'horizon

• 1.1 Etymology
• 1.2 Pronunciation
• 1.3.1 Related terms
• 2.1 Pronunciation
• 2.2.1 Descendants
• 2.2.2 See also

English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ].

Borrowed from French tour d’horizon .

Pronunciation [ edit ]

• IPA ( key ) : /ˈtʊə(ɹ) ˌdɒɹɪˈzɒn/

Noun [ edit ]

tour d'horizon ( plural tours d'horizon )

• 2007 , James Brady, Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines : The observation plane made two lazy circles in the darkening sky and then, not wanting to be caught up there with full night coming, it broke off the second tour d'horizon and headed home, south and east.
• 2012 , Edith D. de Leeuw, Joop Hox, Don Dillman, International Handbook of Survey Methodology , page 419 : This chapter provided a tour d'horizon of survey documentation as it stands today and might develop in the near future.
• 2013 , David Brown, The Development of British Defence Policy: Blair, Brown and Beyond : For example, in their otherwise welcome tour d'horizon of developments in British Defence Policy during the New Labour era, Cornish and Dorman skim over the content and consequences of the New Chapter relatively quickly (Cornish and Dorman, 2009).
• 2014 , William A. Blair, Journal of the Civil War Era: Summer 2014 Issue , page 227 : A tour d'horizon of the Western Hemisphere showed slavery confined to the American South, Brazil, and Cuba.
• 2015 , Anthony Quinn, Curtain Call , page 389 : The book that remained at my side while I wrote this novel was Juliet Gardiner's brilliant and enthralling tour d'horizon The Thirties (2010).
• 2020 July 30, Chris Hall, “Bunker by Bradley Garrett review – building for the end times”, in The Guardian ‎ [1] : After an introductory tour d’horizon of the history of bunkers since Cappadocia in 1200BC, Garrett charts the “first doom boom” in the early 1960s [ … ]

Related terms [ edit ]

• tour de force

French [ edit ]

• IPA ( key ) : /tuʁ d‿ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/

tour d’ horizon   m ( plural tours d’horizon )

• overview , tour d'horizon faire un tour d’horizon ― to give an overview; to go on an extensive tour

Descendants [ edit ]

See also [ edit ].

• tour de table

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What is the translation of "tour d'horizon" in English?

"tour d'horizon" in english, tour d'horizon {m}.

• volume_up overview
• general survey

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Tour d'horizon {masculine}.

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tour d’horizon

Français [ modifier le wikicode ], étymologie [ modifier le wikicode ], locution nominale [ modifier le wikicode ].

tour d’horizon \tuʁ d‿o.ʁi.zɔ̃\ masculin

• ( Sens figuré ) Aperçu, vision d'ensemble.

Vocabulaire apparenté par le sens [ modifier le wikicode ]

• état de l’art

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• Allemand  : Streifzug   (de) masculin
• Néerlandais  : overzicht   (nl) neutre

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What does the noun tour d'horizon mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun tour d'horizon . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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British english, where does the noun tour d'horizon come from.

Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun tour d'horizon is in the 1950s.

OED's earliest evidence for tour d'horizon is from 1952, in Annual Register 1951 .

tour d'horizon is a borrowing from French.

Nearby entries

• toupet, n. 1728–
• toupeted, adj. 1903–
• toupet-titmouse, n. 1785–
• tour, n. c1320–
• tour, v. 1746–
• Tourangeau, n. & adj. 1883–
• Tourangeois, adj. & n. 1857–
• tourbillion | tourbillon, n. 1477–
• tour de force, n. 1802–
• Tour de France, n. 1922–
• tour d'horizon, n. 1952–
• tourelle, n. c1330–
• tourer, n. 1927–
• tourette, n.¹ 1881–
• Tourette, n.² 1899–
• Tourettism, n. 1981–
• tourification, n. 1802–
• tourify, v. 1820–
• tourifying, adj. 1825–
• touring, n. 1818–
• touring, adj. 1832–

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tour d'horizon, n. was first published in 1986; not yet revised.

tour d'horizon, n. was last modified in July 2023.

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 horizon

nom masculin

(latin horizon, -ontis, du grec horidzôn, -ontos )

• 1.  Ligne imaginaire circulaire dont l'observateur est le centre et où le ciel et la terre (ou la mer) semblent se confondre.
• 2.  Partie de la terre, de la mer ou du ciel qui borne cette ligne : Apercevoir une voile à l'horizon.

Synonymes :

panorama - paysage - point de vue - site - vue

• 4.  Lieu où l'on vit et qui borne l'existence : Il faut changer d'horizon.
• 5.   Figuré. Domaine d’une action ou d’une activité quelconque : Élargir son horizon professionnel.
• 6.   Figuré. Perspectives d'avenir dans un domaine : L'horizon politique s'éclaircit.

plan horizontal

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Expressions avec horizon

À l'horizon,, faire un tour d'horizon,, ouvrir des horizons,.

Aéronautique

Horizon artificiel,

Horizon des événements,.

Dessin et perspective

Ligne d'horizon,

Plan d'horizon,, horizon économique,, horizon productif ou producteur,, difficultés de horizon.

ORTHOGRAPHE

Bleu horizon . Invariable : des uniformes bleu horizon .

L'emploi figuré de horizons (au pluriel) au sens de « champs d'action ou de réflexion, perspectives », longtemps critiqué, est aujourd'hui admis : cette découverte ouvre à la recherche des horizons nouveaux .

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Définition de horizon ​​​ Votre navigateur ne prend pas en charge audio. nom masculin

Synonymes de horizon nom masculin.

paysage , environnement , étendue , vue

avenir , futur , perspective

Synonymes de à l'horizon

au loin , dans le lointain

[ suivi d'une date ] à l'échéance

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