adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/tʊəˈɹɪstɪk/
Received-Pronunciation:/tɔː-/
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US:/tʊɹˈɪstɪk/
US:/tɝ-/
1
adj
Meaning 1
Catering to tourists; touristy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Latin-America, especially
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Typical of tourists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Latin-America, especially
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From tourist + -ic, popularized by its similarity to Romance words like French touristique and Spanish turístico.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
զբոսաշրջային
(zbosašrǰayin)
— catering to tourists
Armenian:
տուրիստական
(turistakan)
— catering to tourists
Catalan:
turístic
— catering to tourists
Dutch:
toeristisch
— catering to tourists
Finnish:
matkailullinen
— catering to tourists
Finnish:
turistinen
— catering to tourists
French:
touristique
— catering to tourists
Galician:
turístico
— catering to tourists
German:
touristisch
— catering to tourists
Hungarian:
turisztikus
— catering to tourists
Ido:
turistala
— catering to tourists
Italian:
turistico
— catering to tourists
Macedonian:
тури́стички
(turístički)
— catering to tourists
Norwegian:
turistisk
— catering to tourists
Norwegian Nynorsk:
turistisk
— catering to tourists
Occitan:
toristic
— catering to tourists
Polish:
turystyczny
— catering to tourists
Portuguese:
turístico
— catering to tourists
Russian:
туристический
(turističeskij)
— catering to tourists
Serbo-Croatian:
тури́стички
— catering to tourists
Serbo-Croatian:
turìstičkī
— catering to tourists
Spanish:
turístico
— catering to tourists
Swedish:
turistisk
— catering to tourists
Turkish:
turistik
— catering to tourists
Ukrainian:
туристи́чний
(turystýčnyj)
— catering to tourists
