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Definition 2024

sightseeing

sightseeing

English

Noun

sightseeing ‎(usually uncountable, plural sightseeings)

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.‎

Translations

tourism

Arabic: زِيَارَة مَعَالِم اَلْمَدِينَة f ‎(ziyārat maʿālim al-madīna), سِيَاحَة f ‎(siyāḥa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 觀光 (zh), 观光 (zh) ‎(guānguāng), 遊覽 (zh), 游览 (zh) ‎(yóulǎn)
Finnish: nähtävyyksien katselu, kiertoajelu (fi)
French: tourisme (fr) m
German: Sightseeing n, Tourismus (de) m, Besichtigen n von Sehenswürdigkeiten, Besichtigung (de) f von Sehenswürdigkeiten
Hungarian: városnézés, műemléklátogatás
Irish: turasóireacht f
Japanese: 観光 (ja) ‎(かんこう, kankō), 見物 (ja) ‎(けんぶつ, kenbutsu), サイトシーイング ‎(saitoshīingu)

Korean: 관광 (ko) ‎(gwan-gwang), 구경 (ko) ‎(gugyeong), 유람 (ko) ‎(yuram)
Macedonian: разгледу́вање на знамени́тости n ‎(razgledúvanje na znamenítosti)
Malay:
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sightseeing m

Nynorsk: sightseeing f
Russian: осмо́тр достопримеча́тельностей m ‎(osmótr dostoprimečátelʹnostej)
Spanish: turismo (es) m, excursionismo m
Thai: ทัศนาจร ‎(tát-sà-naa-jɔɔn), ทัศนศึกษา

Verb

sightseeing

present participle of sightsee

Related terms

sightseer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sightseeing

Noun

sightseeing m ‎(definite singular sightseeingen, indefinite plural sightseeinger, definite plural sightseeingene)

sightseeing

References

“sightseeing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English sightseeing

Noun

sightseeing f ‎(definite singular sightseeinga, indefinite plural sightseeingar, definite plural sightseeingane)

sightseeing

References

“sightseeing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.