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tournay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
tour-nay
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of tourney.

name

A village in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from French.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei (“tournament”), from tornoier (“to joust, tilt”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

tournays (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Turney

Questions

What does tournay mean?
Alternative spelling of tourney.
Where does tournay come from?
From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei (“tournament”), from tornoier (“to joust, tilt”).

How to pronounce tournay

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