tournament

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈtʊənəmɛnt, /ˈtɔːnəmɛnt/, /ˈtɜːnəmɛnt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtʊɹnəmɛnt/, /ˈtɝnəmɛnt/, /ˈtɔɹnəmɛnt/

Noun

tournament (plural tournaments)

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.
   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [1]

     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.

Translations

(historical) series of battles

• Catalan: torneig (ca) m
• Hungarian: lovagi torna (hu), torna (hu)

• Russian: турнир (ru) (turnír) m
• Spanish: torneo (es) m, justa (es) f

series of games

• Catalan: torneig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比賽 (cmn), 比赛 (cmn) (bǐsài)

• Czech: turnaj (cs) m
• Dutch: toernooi (nl) n, (Flemish) tornooi (nl) n
• Esperanto: turniro (eo)
• Finnish: turnaus (fi), turnajaiset (fi)
• French: tournoi (fr) m
• German: Turnier (de) n
• Greek: πρωτάθλημα (el) (protáthlima) n
• Hungarian: torna (hu)
• Italian: torneo (it) m

• Japanese: トーナメント (ja) (tōnamento), 大会 (ja) (たいかい, taikai)
• Korean: 경기 대회 (ko) (gyeonggi daehoe), 토너먼트 (ko) (toneomeonteu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌وری (ku)

• Manx: yl-chloie (gv) m
• Norwegian: turnering (no) m and f
• Polish: turniej (pl) m
• Portuguese: torneio (pt) m
• Russian: турнир (ru) (turnír) m, состязание (ru) (sostjazánije) n
• Spanish: torneo (es) m, campeonato (es) m
• Turkish: turnuva (tr)