Tourist – touriste

(Pronounced toor-eest)

To remember that Tourist is pronounced toor-eest (touriste) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The other tourists were joined by the Eiffel Tower.

NOTE:

The Eiffel Tower is a French icon, and whenever you see it in one of our images, it means that the word is basically the same in both English and French.

NOTE:

Touriste can be either masculine or feminine depending on the gender of the tourist.

Examples of touriste (tourist) in a sentence

Je suis touriste. 

(I am a tourist.)

Le touriste a acheté un billet. 

(The tourist bought a ticket.)

Les touristes dénoncent la hausse des prix. 

(The tourists are denouncing the price increase.)