tourney

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈtɝni/ UK /ˈtʊəni/ See IPA manual

noun verb

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noun
a tournament, especially a medieval jousting contest

Knights from every shire gathered for the spring tourney.

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1 noun · a tournament, especially a... tournament joust contest competition match meet

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Related forms tournamenttourn

Etymology

From Old French tornei ('a tourney'), from torneier ('to joust, take part in a tournament'), from Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre, from Latin tornāre ('to turn on a lathe').

tornei Old French tornāre Latin

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# tourney

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈtɝni
**IPA (UK):** ˈtʊəni

## Meanings
1. a tournament, especially a medieval jousting contest

## Examples
- Knights from every shire gathered for the spring tourney.

## Synonyms
- tournament
- joust
- contest
- competition
- match
- meet

## Related Forms
- tournament
- tourn

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tornei
- Root: tornāre

## Etymology
From Old French tornei ('a tourney'), from torneier ('to joust, take part in a tournament'), from Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre, from Latin tornāre ('to turn on a lathe').

## AI Etymology
Tourney is from Old French tornei ('a tourney'), from torneier ('to joust, take part in a tournament'), from Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre, from Latin tornāre ('to turn on a lathe'). Important recorded forms include tornei (Old French) and tornāre (Latin). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a tournament, especially a medieval jousting contest. The wider family includes related words such as tournament and tourn.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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