tourney
pronunciation
How to pronounce tourney in British English:
UK [ˈtʊəni]
How to pronounce tourney in American English:
US [ˈtʊrni]
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- Noun:
- a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
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- Verb:
- engage in a tourney
Word Origin
- tourney (v.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French turneier, Old French tornoier "to joust, tilt," literally "turn around," from Vulgar Latin *tornizare, from Latin tornare "to turn" (see turn (v.)). Related: Tourneying.
- tourney (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French turnei, Old French tornei "contest of armed men" (12c., Modern French tournoi), from tornoier "to joust, tilt" (see tourney (v.)).
Example
- 1. King arthur held a tourney .
- 2. I have a baseball tourney to go to this weekend .
- 3. A big tourney in california .
- 4. The bike has two folding pedals and six speed shimano tourney gears .
- 5. Chinese school accused of fraud at soccer tourney .