tour d'horizon
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tour d'horizon
- /ˈtʊə(ɹ)ˌdɒɹɪˈzɒn/
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Borrowed from French tour d'horizon.
noun tours d'horizon
- An extensive tour; figuratively, a wide-ranging or general survey. 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.
Talk about this word "tour d'horizon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tour%20d'horizon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tour d'horizon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tour%20d'horizon "tour d'horizon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tour%20d'horizon.Cite this
@misc{tour_d_horizon_2026,
title = {tour d'horizon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tour%20d'horizon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}