French Conversation · Level 105
58 words
French word
tournée
Pronunciation
IPA/tuʁne/
Meaning
- feminine nounround
Example
Ce soir, j'offre la tournée.
Tonight, I'm buying the round.
More examples
Ce week-end, nous avons fait la tournée des bars.
This weekend, we went on a bar crawl.
Core concept
One person covers the drinks for an entire group in one shared round of payment.
Common phrases
offrir la tournée
treat everyone to a round
payer la tournée
pay for the round
la tournée des bars
bar crawl
Similar words
verre: One serving of a drink in a glass or cup.
apéro: A brief drink with friends before eating.
addition: A restaurant bill listing the total amount to pay.
invitation: An offer to take someone out for food or drinks.
Definition in French
Action par laquelle une personne paie, pour l'ensemble d'un groupe, une série de consommations (souvent des boissons) en un seul paiement, c'est-à-dire offrir la tournée.
Word origin
The noun tournée comes from the feminine past participle of tourner, "to turn", whose sense of a circuit or round led to a round of drinks paid for a group.
Usage tips
- Tournée is feminine, so the fixed expression is offrir la tournée, not offrir le tournée.