tourney

tour·ney

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [too r-nee, tur-]
- /ˈtʊər ni, ˈtɜr-/
- /ˈtʊə.nə.mənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [too r-nee, tur-]
- /ˈtʊər ni, ˈtɜr-/

Definitions of tourney word

noun plural tourney a tournament. 1
verb without object tourney to contend or engage in a tournament. 1
noun tourney series of competitions 1
intransitive verb tourney compete in a tournament 1
noun tourney knightly competitions 1
noun tourney a knightly tournament 0

See all 9 definitions of tourney

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Origin of tourney

First appearance:

before 1300

One of the 15% oldest English words

1300-50; (v.) Middle English tourneyen < Old French torneier < Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (noun) Middle English tourneie < Old French tournei, derivative of tourneier. See turn

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Parts of speech for Tourney

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tourney

tourney popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for tourney

noun tourney

joust — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
meet — greatest lower bound

All 2 Synonyms of tourney