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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

Our team won the football tournament.

The chess tournament lasts three days.

inscribió .

He signed up for the local tennis tournament.

In the Middle Ages knights fought in tournaments.

The final of the tournament was very exciting.

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This word is part of lesson 65.