tournoi
French, noun/tuʁ.nwa/
tournoi is spelled T-O-U-R-N-O-I (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tournoi is a French masculine noun meaning “tournament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compétition amicale, sans enjeu important et ne donnant pas lieu à l'attribution d'un titre”.
What does tournoi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetournament
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compétition amicale, sans enjeu important et ne donnant pas lieu à l'attribution d'un titre. 2. Combat à armes courtoises entre deux ou plusieurs partis de chevaliers. 3. Joutes oratoires. 4. Action de tournoyer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tournoi
- tournois plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tournoi?
- /tuʁ.nwa/
- \tuʁ.nwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tournoi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tournoi in French?
tournoi appears 32 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).