el
masculine
/toɾˈneo/
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Translation
tournament
Word origin
From Old French tornei ('a tourney'), from torneier ('to joust'), from Vulgar Latin tornizare, from Latin tornare ('to turn on a lathe').
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- tornei
- English cognates
- tournament, tourney, turn
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraltorneos
Examples
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Our team won the football tournament.
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The chess tournament lasts three days.
inscribió tenis .
He signed up for the local tennis tournament.
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In the Middle Ages knights fought in tournaments.
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The final of the tournament was very exciting.
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