🇫🇷 French

retour

masculine

le retour

return

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retour
/lə ʁətuʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say retour in French?

IPA
/lə ʁətuʁ/

How do you pronounce retour in French?

retour is pronounced /lə ʁətuʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le retour précoce du voyageur a surpris sa famille.

The early return of the traveler surprised his family.

Son dernier retour à la maison était mémorable et inoubliable.

His last return home was memorable and unforgettable.

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Why is it masculine?

Retour is masculine because it derives from Latin "retornus" (a return, from "retornare" meaning to turn back). Latin masculine nouns in -us typically became masculine nouns in French ending in -our/-or, following the regular pattern of gender preservation from Latin to French.

What is the French word for return?

The French word for return is le retour — masculine.

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