French word

tourisme

Pronunciation

IPA/tuʁizm/

Meaning

  • masculine nountourism

Example

Je fais du tourisme avec mes amis ce week-end.

I'm going sightseeing with my friends this weekend.

Illustration for tourisme (tourism)

More examples

Je suis allé à l'office de tourisme pour demander un plan.

I went to the tourist information office to ask for a map.

Core concept

A flow of visitors exploring notable places for pleasure or discovery, together with the organized activity that serves them.

Common phrases

  • faire du tourisme

    go sightseeing

  • office de tourisme

    tourist information office

  • industrie du tourisme

    tourism industry

Similar words

voyage: Travel from one place to another.
visite: A visit to a building or landmark to see its interior.
séjour: A stay in a place for a set period.
circuit: A trip that follows a set route through several tourist attractions.

Definition in French

Action de visiter des lieux d'intérêt pour le plaisir ou la découverte, souvent pendant les congés; mot désignant aussi le secteur économique qui organise et fournit ces activités.

Word origin

French tourisme was borrowed from English tourism in the nineteenth century, and English tourism was built from tour and the suffix -ism.

Usage tips

  • Tourisme is masculine, so the fixed phrase is faire du tourisme, with du rather than de before the mass noun.

Other meanings

  • tourism industrynoun

Opposites

  • voyage d'affairesbusiness tripnoun
  • travailworknoun

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