Tuileries

American  

[twee-luh-reez, tweel^uh-ree] / ˈtwi lə riz, twiləˈri /

noun

1. a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park Tuileries Gardens.

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Tuileries British  

/ tɥilri, ˈtwiːlərɪ /

noun

1. a former royal residence in Paris: begun in 1564 by Catherine de' Medici and burned in 1871 by the Commune; site of the Tuileries Gardens (a park near the Louvre)

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Example Sentences

Many of her personal objects were looted when the Paris mob stormed the Tuileries Palace in 1792.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

There was a sense of wonder watching a musical on the West End or accidentally stumbling onto the Tuileries Garden and hearing a street performer play “La Vie en Rose” on the accordion.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

The extinguishing of the Olympic flame, which will be brought from Tuileries, where the cauldron has been on display and visited by tens of thousands of fans.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024

The hotel where they put Bill May is nice, expensive, across from the Jardin des Tuileries.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

We turned off the Avenue up the Rue des Pyramides, through the traffic of the Rue de Rivoli, and through a dark gate into the Tuileries.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway