noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtʊənəmənt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɔːnəmənt/
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US:/ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
US:/ˈtɝnəmənt/
US:/ˈtɔɹnəmənt/
CMU ARPABET:T UH1 R N AH0 M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tourney
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contest, competition
Narrower terms: World Cup, elimination tournament, open, round robin
5
noun
Meaning 5
a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contest, competition
History
Etymology
From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
տուրնիր
(turnir)
— (historical) series of battles
Azerbaijani:
turnir
— (historical) series of battles
Belarusian:
турні́р
(turnír)
— (historical) series of battles
Bulgarian:
турни́р
(turnír)
— (historical) series of battles
Catalan:
torneig
— (historical) series of battles
Chinese Mandarin:
騎士比武 /骑士比武
(qíshì bǐwǔ)
— (historical) series of battles
Czech:
turnaj
— (historical) series of battles
Danish:
turnering
— (historical) series of battles
Esperanto:
turniro
— (historical) series of battles
Estonian:
turniir
— (historical) series of battles
French:
tournoi
— (historical) series of battles
Galician:
torneo
— (historical) series of battles
Georgian:
ტურნირი
(ṭurniri)
— (historical) series of battles
German:
Turnier
— (historical) series of battles
Greek:
τουρνουά
(tournouá)
— (historical) series of battles
Hungarian:
lovagi torna
— (historical) series of battles
Hungarian:
torna
— (historical) series of battles
Italian:
torneo
— (historical) series of battles
Italian:
giostra
— (historical) series of battles
Japanese:
馬上槍試合
(bajō yari jiai)
— (historical) series of battles
Latvian:
turnīrs
— (historical) series of battles
Lithuanian:
turnyras
— (historical) series of battles
Macedonian:
турнир
(turnir)
— (historical) series of battles
Norwegian Bokmål:
turnering
— (historical) series of battles
Norwegian Nynorsk:
turnering
— (historical) series of battles
Polish:
turniej
— (historical) series of battles
Romanian:
turnir
— (historical) series of battles
Russian:
турни́р
(turnír)
— (historical) series of battles
Serbo-Croatian:
ту̀рнӣр
— (historical) series of battles
Serbo-Croatian:
tùrnīr
— (historical) series of battles
Slovak:
turnaj
— (historical) series of battles
Slovene:
turnir
— (historical) series of battles
Spanish:
torneo
— (historical) series of battles
Spanish:
justa
— (historical) series of battles
Swedish:
tornerspel
— (historical) series of battles
Swedish:
tornering
— (historical) series of battles
Turkish:
turnuva
— (historical) series of battles
Ukrainian:
турні́р
(turnír)
— (historical) series of battles
Uzbek:
turnir
— (historical) series of battles
Belarusian:
турні́р
(turnír)
— series of games
Belarusian:
спабо́рніцтва
(spabórnictva)
— series of games
Bulgarian:
турни́р
(turnír)
— series of games
Catalan:
torneig
— series of games
Chinese Mandarin:
錦標賽 /锦标赛
(jǐnbiāosài)
— series of games
Czech:
turnaj
— series of games
Dutch:
toernooi
— series of games
Dutch:
tornooi
— series of games
Esperanto:
turniro
— series of games
Estonian:
turniir
— series of games
Finnish:
turnaus
— series of games
Finnish:
turnajaiset
— series of games
French:
tournoi
— series of games
Galician:
torneo
— series of games
German:
Turnier
— series of games
Greek:
πρωτάθλημα
(protáthlima)
— series of games
Hebrew:
טוּרְנִיר
(turnír)
— series of games
Hungarian:
torna
— series of games
Italian:
torneo
— series of games
Italian:
gara
— series of games
Japanese:
トーナメント
(tōnamento)
— series of games
Japanese:
大会
(taikai)
— series of games
Kazakh:
турнир
(turnir)
— series of games
Korean:
경기대회
(gyeonggidaehoe)
— series of games
Korean:
토너먼트
(toneomeonteu)
— series of games
Central Kurdish:
دەوری
(dewrî)
— series of games
Latvian:
turnīrs
— series of games
Lithuanian:
turnyras
— series of games
Manx:
yl-chloie
— series of games
Māori:
tātāwhāinga
— series of games
Norwegian Bokmål:
turnering
— series of games
Norwegian Nynorsk:
turnering
— series of games
Persian:
تورنمنت
(tornoment)
— series of games
Polish:
turniej
— series of games
Portuguese:
torneio
— series of games
Russian:
турни́р
(turnír)
— series of games
Russian:
состяза́ние
(sostjazánije)
— series of games
Spanish:
torneo
— series of games
Spanish:
campeonato
— series of games
Swedish:
turnering
— series of games
Turkish:
turnuva
— series of games
Ukrainian:
турні́р
(turnír)
— series of games
Ukrainian:
змага́ння
(zmahánnja)
— series of games