touriste
French, noun/tu.ʁist/
touriste is spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Touriste is a French feminine noun meaning “tourist, holidaymaker, sightseer (someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui voyage pour son plaisir”.
What does touriste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetourist, holidaymaker, sightseer (someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business)
- 2
derogatoryfemininemasculinetourist (someone who takes part in something without much commitment)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui voyage pour son plaisir. 2. Dilettante.
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 touriste
- touristes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce touriste?
- /tu.ʁist/
- \tu.ʁist\
- [œ̃ tu.ʁist]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to touriste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is touriste in French?
touriste appears 4.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).