Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tournament

/ˈtʊɹnəmənt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: tour-na-ment
IPA: /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

noun

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.

noun

A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
British English: /ˈtʊənəmənt/

Inflected Forms

tournaments (plural)

Derived Forms

donkament nontournament pretournament subtournament

Phrases

hat tournament pre-tournament single-elimination tournament

Synonyms

tourney

Questions

How do you pronounce tournament?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/.
What does tournament mean?: During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
Where does tournament come from?: From Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

How to pronounce tournament

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