Tour de France

UK/ˌtʊə də ˈfɹɑːns/UK/ˌtʊə də ˈfɹɒns/US/ˌtʊɹ də ˈfɹæns/US/ˌtʊɹ də ˈfɹɑns/

proper noun

An annual long-distance cycling race through France and other European countries.

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Tour
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Meanings

proper nounTour de France (plural Tours de France or Tour de Frances)

plural Tours de France · plural Tour de Frances

  1. cycle racingAn annual long-distance cycling race through France and other European countries.
    1 more example

    Sharing my predicament over a breakfast last week, he told me he commutes to his office every day by bike. Yet he was dressed in a smart black suit. His secret, he said, is black denim jeans with a 2 per cent elastane stretch — a great alternative for cyclists who don’t want to go full Tour de France.

    2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times

    Synonyms: Tour

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn annual long-distance cycling race through France and other European countries.

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Tour

Origin

  1. FrenchTour de France
  2. EnglishTour de France

Borrowed from French Tour de France (literally “Tour of France”).

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Translations

Arabic طَوَاف فَرَنْسَا
  • طَوَاف فَرَنْسَا (ṭawāf faransā)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Basque Frantziako Tourra
  • Frantziako Tourraannual long-distance cycling race through France
Bulgarian Обиколка на Франция
  • Обиколка на Франция (Obikolka na Francija)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Catalan Tour de França
  • Tour de Françaannual long-distance cycling race through France
Chinese Cantonese 環法單車賽 /环法单车赛
  • 環法單車賽 /环法单车赛 (waan⁴ faat³ daan¹ ce¹ coi³)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Chinese Mandarin 環法自行車賽 /环法自行车赛
  • 環法自行車賽 /环法自行车赛 (huán-Fǎ zìxíngchēsài)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Danish Tour de France
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
Dutch Ronde van Frankrijk, Tour de France
  • Ronde van Frankrijkannual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
Finnish Ranskan ympäriajo
  • Ranskan ympäriajoannual long-distance cycling race through France
French Tour de France
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
German Tour de France
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
Greek Γύρος της Γαλλίας, Γύρος Γαλλίας
  • Γύρος της Γαλλίας (Gýros tis Gallías)annual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Γύρος Γαλλίας (Gýros Gallías)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Hebrew טוּר דה פראנס
  • טוּר דה פראנסannual long-distance cycling race through France
Hindi टूर डी फ्रांस
  • टूर डी फ्रांस (ṭūr ḍī phrāns)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Italian Tour de France, Giro di Francia
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Giro di Franciaannual long-distance cycling race through France
Japanese ツール・ド・フランス
  • ツール・ド・フランス (Tsūru do Furansu)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Korean 투르 드 프랑스
  • 투르 드 프랑스 (tureu deu peurangseu)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Latin Circuitus Franciae
  • Circuitus Franciaeannual long-distance cycling race through France
Norwegian Frankrike rundt, Tour de France
  • Frankrike rundtannual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
Persian تور دو فرانس, تور فرانسه
  • تور دو فرانس (tor do farâns)annual long-distance cycling race through France
  • تور فرانسه (tor farânse)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Portuguese Tour de France, Volta da França
  • Tour de Franceannual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Volta da Françaannual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Volta à Françaannual long-distance cycling race through France
Punjabi ਟੂਰ ਡ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸ, ਟੂਅਖ਼ ਡ ਫ਼ਖ਼ੌਂਸ
  • ਟੂਰ ਡ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸ (ṭūr ḍa farāns)annual long-distance cycling race through France
  • ਟੂਅਖ਼ ਡ ਫ਼ਖ਼ੌਂਸ (ṭūaxa ḍa faxauns)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Romanian Turul Franței
  • Turul Franțeiannual long-distance cycling race through France
Russian Тур де Франс
  • Тур де Франс (Tur dɛ Frans)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Spanish Tour de Francia
  • Tour de Franciaannual long-distance cycling race through France
Tamil தூர் த பிரான்சு
  • தூர் த பிரான்சு (tūr ta pirāṉcu)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Thai ตูร์เดอฟร็องส์
  • ตูร์เดอฟร็องส์ (dtuu də̀əf-rɔng)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Turkish Fransa Bisiklet Turu
  • Fransa Bisiklet Turuannual long-distance cycling race through France
Ukrainian Тур де Франс
  • Тур де Франс (Tur de Frans)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Vietnamese Vòng quanh nước Pháp, Vòng nước Pháp
  • Vòng quanh nước Phápannual long-distance cycling race through France
  • Vòng nước Phápannual long-distance cycling race through France
Yiddish טור פֿון פֿראַנקרײַך, טור דע פֿראַנס
  • טור פֿון פֿראַנקרײַך (tur fun frankraykh)annual long-distance cycling race through France
  • טור דע פֿראַנס (tur de frans)annual long-distance cycling race through France
Cite this entry
APA

Tour de France. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tour%20de%20France

MLA

“Tour de France.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tour%20de%20France. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tour de France,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tour%20de%20France.

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