tourlou

\tuʁ.lu\

/\tuʁ.lu\/ intj

The verdict

“tourlou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au revoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tourlou · tourlou · French

tourlou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for tourlou
PropertyValue
Headwordtourlou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\tuʁ.lu\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tourlou » en français

tourloureste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tourlou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \tuʁ.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au revoir.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tourlou in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tourlou, spelled T-O-U-R-L-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Au revoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tourlou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bon, faut que je m'en aille. Tourlou!

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tourlou"?
"tourlou" is spelled T-O-U-R-L-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \tuʁ.lu\.
What does "tourlou" mean?
As an interjection, "tourlou" means: Au revoir.
How do you pronounce "tourlou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tourlou" is \tuʁ.lu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tourlou" come from?
"tourlou" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list