What does aller-retour in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word aller-retour in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use aller-retour in French.

The word aller-retour in French means round trip, return, return ticket, slap, smack, clout, lightning trip, return ticket, return, return, return ticket. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word aller-retour

round trip

nom masculin (trajet aller et retour)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il faut compter une journée en train pour un aller-retour entre Paris et Nice.
A round trip from Paris to Nice takes a full day by train.

return, return ticket

nom masculin (ticket, billet) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'hésite entre 4 allers simples et deux allers-retours.
I'm not sure whether to get four singles or two return tickets.

slap, smack, clout

nom masculin (familier (baffe)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si j'avais dit ça à mon père, il m'aurait collé un aller-retour !
If I had said that to my father, he'd have knocked me into the middle of next week!

lightning trip

nom masculin (déplacement très rapide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

return ticket, return

nom masculin (billet aller et retour) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

return, return ticket

nom masculin (billet pour aller et revenir) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La touriste demanda au guichetier un ticket aller-retour pour La Varenne.

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