French Dictionary

1 tourner Verb, transitive

(a) to turn a key, one's eyes; to turn (over) a page, toss a salad; ~ bride to turn back, (fig) do an about-turn; ~ casaque to turn tail, flee;

(b) to phrase, express a letter

(c) (fig) to get round, get past, find a loophole in the law

(d) (TV, Cinema) to shoot, film a film

(e) ~ qch en qch to turn sth into sth

Present: je tourne, tu tournes, il/elle tourne, nous tournons, vous tournez, ils/elles tournent
Imperfect: je tournais, tu tournais, il/elle tournait, nous tournions, vous tourniez, ils/elles tournaient
Future: je tournerai, tu tourneras, il/elle tournera, nous tournerons, vous tournerez, ils/elles tourneront
Perfect: j' ai tourné, tu as tourné, il/elle a tourné, nous avons tourné, vous avez tourné, ils/elles ont tourné
Present subjunctive: je tourne, tu tournes, il/elle tourne, nous tournions, vous tourniez, ils/elles tournent

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2 tourner Verb, intransitive

(a) to turn, spin, revolve, rotate; (Comput: of program) to work, run; (of milk) to go sour, turn, (of meat) go off, go bad, (of fruit) go rotten, go bad; ~ autour de qch to go round sth, turn around sth; bien/mal ~ to turn out well/badly; ~ en rond to go round in circles; ~ à l'aigre to turn sour; ~ court to come to a sudden end; ~ rond to run smoothly; ~ autour du pot to beat about the bush

3 se tourner Verb, pronominal

(a) se ~ vers qn/qch to turn towards sb/sth; se ~ contre qn to turn against sb; se ~ et se retourner dans son lit to toss and turn in bed

French-English translation of tourner