tourney C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈtɝni/ UK /ˈtʊəni/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a tournament, especially a medieval jousting contest Knights from every shire gathered for the spring tourney. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a tournament, especially a... tournamentjoustcontestcompetitionmatchmeet Word family Related forms tournamenttourn Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Sports & Fitness Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tourney **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **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 markdown