détourner
French
verb
Definitions
- to divert
- (figuratively) to distract, to divert (attention)
- to hijack
- to embezzle
- to turn aside, to turn away, to avert (from something)
- (reflexive) to turn aside, to turn away
Etymology
Prefix from French tourner (turn).
Origin
French
tourner
Gloss
turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- detournement English
- turn English
- turno Italian
- détournement French
- entourner French
- retourner French
- tournage French
- tournailler French
- tourner French
- tourneur French
- tournevis French
- tournis French
- tournure French
- турник Russian
- turnar Spanish, Castilian
- torni Esperanto
- turni Esperanto
- tourner Middle French
- tounen Haitian, Haitian Creole