tourney

UK: /ˈtʊənɪ/ US: (tŏŏr′nē, tûr′-)

Inflections of 'tourney' (n): npl: tourneys

Inflections of 'tourney' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

tourneys

v 3rd person singular

tourneying

v pres p

tourneyed

v past

tourneyed

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tour•ney  (tŏŏr′nē, tûr′-), n., pl. -neys, v., -neyed, -ney•ing. 
n. 

1. a tournament.

v.i. 

2. to contend or engage in a tournament.

• Old French tournei, derivative of tourneier. See turn
• Vulgar Latin *tornidiāre to wheel, keep turning; (noun, nominal) Middle English tourneie
• Old French torneier
• (verb, verbal) Middle English tourneyen 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

tourney / ˈtʊənɪ ˈtɔː-/ noun

1. a knightly tournament

verb

1. (intransitive) to engage in a tourney

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French torneier, from Vulgar Latin tornidiāre (unattested) to turn constantly, from Latin tornāre to turn (in a lathe); see tournament

ˈtourneyer noun