Dictionary

tournament en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɔːnəmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɝnəmənt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtʊənəmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɔɹnəmənt/ (US)
• /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/ (US)

Etymology

From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Meanings

1. (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
2. A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
   • England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament. 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
3. A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Forms

Deriveds

donkament · nontournament · hat tournament · subtournament · single-elimination tournament · pretournament · pre-tournament

Descendants

토너먼트 · トーナメント

Synonyms

tourney (contests, games, battles) · tourney (contests)

Translations (85)

bg турни́р (series of games) · sh tùrnīr ((historical) series of battles) · be спабо́рніцтва (series of games) · de Digraph ((graph theory)) · it torneo ((historical) series of battles) · el τουρνουά ((historical) series of battles) · it gara (series of games) · ca torneig (series of games) · pl turniej ((historical) series of battles) · ja 馬上槍試合 ((historical) series of battles) · sv turnering (series of games) · mk турнир ((historical) series of battles) · tr turnuva ((historical) series of battles) · ko 토너먼트 (series of games) · es campeonato (series of games) · fr tournoi (series of games) · sk turnaj ((historical) series of battles) · nb turnering (series of games) · es torneo (series of games) · ja 大会 (series of games) · de Turnier (series of games) · el πρωτάθλημα (series of games) · ca torneig ((historical) series of battles) · uk турні́р ((historical) series of battles) · gv yl-chloie (series of games) · fa تورنمنت (series of games) · uk змага́ння (series of games) · de Turnier ((historical) series of battles) · cs turnaj (series of games) · tr turnuva (series of games) · fr tournoi ((historical) series of battles) · it giostra ((historical) series of battles) · cs turnaj ((historical) series of battles) · be турні́р (series of games) · sl turnir ((historical) series of battles) · gl torneo ((historical) series of battles) · fi turnaus (series of games) · es torneo ((historical) series of battles) · et turniir (series of games) · lv turnīrs (series of games) · lt turnyras (series of games) · nn turnering ((historical) series of battles) · ru турни́р (series of games) · ro turnir ((historical) series of battles) · sv tornering ((historical) series of battles) · ru состяза́ние (series of games) · es justa ((historical) series of battles) · fi turnajaiset ((historical) series of battles) · bg турни́р ((historical) series of battles) · kk турнир (series of games) · lt turnyras ((historical) series of battles) · hy տուրնիր ((historical) series of battles) · da turnering ((historical) series of battles) · sv tornerspel ((historical) series of battles) · fi turnajaiset (series of games) · eo turniro (series of games) · ko 경기대회 (series of games) · sh ту̀рнӣр ((historical) series of battles) · hu torna (series of games) · uz turnir ((historical) series of battles) · hu torna ((historical) series of battles) · ka ტურნირი ((historical) series of battles) · nl toernooi (series of games) · uk турні́р (series of games) · he טוּרְנִיר (series of games) · it torneo ((graph theory)) · pt torneio (series of games) · ckb دەوری (series of games) · ja トーナメント (series of games) · eo turniro ((historical) series of battles) · lv turnīrs ((historical) series of battles) · cmn 騎士比武 /骑士比武 ((historical) series of battles) · cmn 錦標賽 /锦标赛 (series of games) · et turniir ((historical) series of battles) · be турні́р ((historical) series of battles) · it torneo (series of games) · gl torneo (series of games) · nn turnering (series of games) · pl turniej (series of games) · az turnir ((historical) series of battles) · mi tātāwhāinga (series of games) · hu lovagi torna ((historical) series of battles) · ru турни́р ((historical) series of battles) · nl tornooi (series of games) · nb turnering ((historical) series of battles)

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