autour

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.tuʁ/
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Rhymes: -uʁ

Etymology 1

From au + tour, replacing Old French entor (compare alentour).

Adverb

autour

around

Preposition

autour

(usually with de) around, about

Etymology 2

From Old French (h)ostur, from Late Latin auceptor, from accipiter.

Noun

autour m (plural autours)

goshawk

Further reading

“autour” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

autour

Alternative form of auctour

Middle French

Preposition

autour

around (surrounding)

Norman

Etymology

Adverb

autour

(Guernsey) around

Derived terms

autour de

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