Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turney

/tˈɝni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: tur-ney
IPA: /tˈɝni/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of tourney.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete form of tourney.

Obsolete

name

A surname from Norman.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What Tilts and Turneys at the Feast were seen"
"Amongst the which they told , as then befell , Of that great turney which was blazed brode"
"great bards beside In sage and folemn tunes have sung , Of turney's and of trophies hung"

Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Tournai, Tournay or Tourny.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

turneys (plural) turneys (present, singular) turneying (participle, present) turneyed (participle, past) turneyed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

Tournay

Rhymes With

attorney journey bernie ernie gurney kearney tourney burney kearny birney mcburney verney

Questions

How do you pronounce turney?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɝni/.
What does turney mean?: Obsolete form of tourney.
Where does turney come from?: Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Tournai, Tournay or Tourny.

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