tourlou
\tuʁ.lu\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tourlou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \tuʁ.lu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tourlou » en français
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
- 1Au revoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tourlou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.