How to pronounce tournament
American English pronunciation
TOOR-nuh-munt
- IPA
- /ˈtʊɹnəmənt/
- Syllables
- TOOR · nuh · munt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- TUR-nuh-munt
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What tournament means
A contest of many games to find the best player or team
In a sentence: Our soccer team won three games in a row at the spring tournament.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for the contests knights held in the Middle Ages.
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