tour du poteau
French, noun/tuʁ dy pɔ.to/
tour du poteau is spelled T-O-U-R-D-U-P-O-T-E-A-U (12 letters). Tour du poteau is a French masculine noun meaning “the act of crossing an international border, generally for a very short period of time, in order to renew a visa or other government-issued…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Traversement bref d'une frontière internationale, afin de renouveler un visa ou permis, suivi du…”.
What does tour du poteau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of crossing an international border, generally for a very short period of time, in order to renew a visa or other government-issued permit before crossing back
Je dois faire le tour du poteau d'ici mai afin de renouveler mon permis de travail.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Traversement bref d'une frontière internationale, afin de renouveler un visa ou permis, suivi du retraversement immédiat.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tour du poteau
- tours du poteau plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tour du poteau?
- /tuʁ dy pɔ.to/
- \tuʁ dy po.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.