Tournament in Different Languages
Discover 'Tournament' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Tournament
Afrikaans toernooi | ||
Albanian turneu | ||
Amharic ውድድር | ||
Arabic المسابقة | ||
Armenian մրցաշար | ||
Assamese টুৰ্ণামেণ্ট | ||
Aymara torneo ukanxa | ||
Azerbaijani turnir | ||
Bambara ntolatanba in na | ||
Basque txapelketa | ||
Belarusian турнір | ||
Bengali টুর্নামেন্ট | ||
Bhojpuri टूर्नामेंट के आयोजन भइल | ||
Bosnian turnir | ||
Bulgarian турнир | ||
Catalan torneig | ||
Cebuano torneyo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 比赛 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 比賽 | ||
Corsican torneu | ||
Croatian turnir | ||
Czech turnaj | ||
Danish turnering | ||
Dhivehi މުބާރާތުގެ... | ||
Dogri टूर्नामेंट दा | ||
Dutch toernooi | ||
English tournament | ||
Esperanto turniro | ||
Estonian turniir | ||
Ewe hoʋiʋli me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paligsahan | ||
Finnish turnaus | ||
French tournoi | ||
Frisian toernoai | ||
Galician torneo | ||
Georgian ტურნირი | ||
German turnier | ||
Greek τουρνουά | ||
Guarani torneo rehegua | ||
Gujarati પ્રતયોગીતા | ||
Haitian Creole tounwa | ||
Hausa gasa | ||
Hawaiian hoʻokūkū | ||
Hebrew טורניר | ||
Hindi टूर्नामेंट | ||
Hmong kev sib tw | ||
Hungarian bajnokság | ||
Icelandic mót | ||
Igbo ndorondoro | ||
Ilocano torneo | ||
Indonesian turnamen | ||
Irish comórtas | ||
Italian torneo | ||
Japanese トーナメント | ||
Javanese turnamen | ||
Kannada ಪಂದ್ಯಾವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ | ||
Kazakh турнир | ||
Khmer ការប្រកួត | ||
Kinyarwanda amarushanwa | ||
Konkani सर्तींत वांटो घेतात | ||
Korean 토너먼트 | ||
Krio tɛnament we dɛn kin gɛt | ||
Kurdish canperî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پاڵەوانێتییەکە | ||
Kyrgyz турнир | ||
Lao ການແຂ່ງຂັນ | ||
Latin torneamentum | ||
Latvian turnīrs | ||
Lingala tournoi ya lisano | ||
Lithuanian turnyras | ||
Luganda empaka z’empaka | ||
Luxembourgish tournoi | ||
Macedonian турнир | ||
Maithili टूर्नामेंट के | ||
Malagasy fifaninanana | ||
Malay kejohanan | ||
Malayalam ടൂർണമെന്റ് | ||
Maltese kampjonat | ||
Maori whakataetae | ||
Marathi स्पर्धा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯨꯔꯅꯥꯃꯦꯟꯇꯇꯥ ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯀꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo tournament-ah a tel a ni | ||
Mongolian тэмцээн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြိုင်ပွဲ | ||
Nepali प्रतियोगिता | ||
Norwegian turnering | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mpikisano | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଟୁର୍ନାମେଣ୍ଟ | ||
Oromo dorgommii | ||
Pashto سیالۍ | ||
Persian مسابقات | ||
Polish zawody | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) torneio | ||
Punjabi ਟੂਰਨਾਮੈਂਟ | ||
Quechua torneo nisqapi | ||
Romanian turneu | ||
Russian турнир | ||
Samoan taʻamilosaga | ||
Sanskrit प्रतियोगिता | ||
Scots Gaelic farpais | ||
Sepedi thonamente ya | ||
Serbian турнир | ||
Sesotho thonamente | ||
Shona mutambo | ||
Sindhi ٽورنامينٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තරඟාවලිය | ||
Slovak turnaj | ||
Slovenian turnir | ||
Somali tartanka | ||
Spanish torneo | ||
Sundanese turnamén | ||
Swahili mashindano | ||
Swedish turnering | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paligsahan | ||
Tajik мусобиқа | ||
Tamil போட்டி | ||
Tatar турнир | ||
Telugu టోర్నమెంట్ | ||
Thai ทัวร์นาเมนต์ | ||
Tigrinya ውድድር | ||
Tsonga mphikizano wa ntlangu | ||
Turkish turnuva | ||
Turkmen ýaryşy | ||
Twi (Akan) akansi no mu | ||
Ukrainian турнір | ||
Urdu ٹورنامنٹ | ||
Uyghur مۇسابىقە | ||
Uzbek turnir | ||
Vietnamese giải đấu | ||
Welsh twrnamaint | ||
Xhosa itumente | ||
Yiddish טורנאַמאַנט | ||
Yoruba idije | ||
Zulu umqhudelwano |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Toernooi" derives from the Medieval Latin "tornamentum" (also "armament" or "equipment"), via the Old French "tornoi". |
| Albanian | Albanian "turneu" derives from Venetian "torneo" or Turkish "turne". |
| Amharic | 'ውድድር' is an Amharic word that comes from the Ge'ez word 'ውዳደ', meaning 'love' or 'competition'. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "turnir" in Azerbaijani is derived from the French word "tournoi" and ultimately from the Latin word "tornare" meaning "to turn |
| Basque | Txapelketa (tournament) comes from "txapela": "beret", as the winner of a tournament was awarded a beret. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, the word 'турнір' can also refer to a fair or a market. |
| Bengali | The word "টুর্নামেন্ট" is derived from the Old French word "torneiment," which means "struggle" or "conflict." |
| Bosnian | The word "turnir" in Bosnian also has the alternate meaning of "round-trip bus transport" |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "турнир" also means "competition" or "contest". |
| Catalan | Catalan "torneig" comes from the Old Provençal "tornei" which in turn comes from the Old High German "turnjan" which means "to turn" and originally derived from the Frankish cavalry exercise of making circles and wheeling about (Latin circuli decurrendi). |
| Cebuano | The word 'torneyo' is derived from the Spanish word 'torneo', which means 'tournament'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 比赛 can also mean "match", as in a sporting event. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 比賽 is also used to refer to a competition or contest. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "torneu" can also mean "circle" or "vortex". |
| Croatian | The word tournament derives from the Old French word 'torneament', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'tornare', meaning 'to turn' |
| Czech | The word "turnaj" in Czech comes from the French word "tournoi", which originally meant "a turning" or "a circling". |
| Danish | The Danish word "turnering" ultimately derives from the Old French "tornoiement" and the Latin "tornare" (to turn). |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "toernooi" can also refer to a type of horse riding competition, not to be confused with a tournament. |
| Esperanto | "Turniro" originally meant "rotation" and also refers to a competition where participants take turns. |
| Estonian | The word "turniir" is derived from the Old French word "tornoiement", which referred to a military exercise or competition. |
| Finnish | The word "turnaus" in Finnish is derived from the Old French word "torneis", meaning "fortified tower" or "stronghold." |
| French | The French word "tournoi" also refers to a type of spinning top in French. |
| Frisian | Frisian 'toernoai' derives from French 'tournoi' and, like the Old French word, also means 'tumult, quarrel' |
| Galician | In Galician, "torneo" refers to the specific type of tournament that involves knights on horseback. |
| Georgian | The word "ტურნირი" derives from the French word "tournoi", originally meaning a military exercise or combat. |
| German | German "Turnier" likely derives from the Old French word "tornoier," meaning to turn, in reference to the circular movement of knights during the joust. |
| Greek | In Greek, "τουρνουά" can also refer to a revolving door or a musical carousel. |
| Gujarati | The word "પ્રતયોગીતા" can also mean "competition" or "rivalry" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "tounwa" in Haitian Creole originates from the French "tournoi" and also means "championship" or "sports competition". |
| Hausa | "Gasa" is also a word for "playing" or "playing together" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻokūkū" in Hawaiian comes from the words "hoʻo" (to cause) and "kūkū" (to gamble or play), and can also mean "gambling" or "contest". |
| Hebrew | "טורניר" is a Hebrew word meaning "tournament" which originates from the Latin word "tornare" meaning "to turn" referring to the rotation of knights on horseback in medieval tournaments. |
| Hindi | The word "टूर्नामेंट" is derived from the Old French word "tornement", meaning "a military exercise or contest". |
| Hmong | Kev sib tw, which means both "tournament" and "game", is derived from the words "sib" (to try), "tw" (to play), and "kev" (a way or manner). |
| Hungarian | The word 'bajnokság' is derived from the verb 'bajnokol', which means 'to strive toward victory' or 'to compete'. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word 'mót' can also refer to an encounter or meeting. |
| Igbo | The word 'ndorondoro' in Igbo also refers to a traditional masquerade or a dramatic performance that involves dancing and singing. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "turnamen" originally meant a "place to gather" or an "arena" in the Javanese and Malay languages. |
| Irish | The term may have come from the Scottish Gaelic word còmhrag - meaning rivalry of strength which would fit especially with the medieval Irish concept of comórtas. |
| Italian | In Italian, "torneo" also means "turret". In Spanish, it can mean "lathe". |
| Japanese | トーナメント (tournament) is a loanword from English and French, and it has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'turnamen' can also refer to a competition between two or more villages or regions. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪಂದ್ಯಾವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "पण्य" (paṇya), meaning "merchandise" or "goods for sale". In Kannada, the word "ಪಂದ್ಯ" (panya) means "a bet" or "a wager", and the suffix "-āvali" (āvali) means "a series of" or "a collection of". Thus, the word "ಪಂದ್ಯಾವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ" (panyaavaliyali) came to mean "a series of bets" or "a collection of wagers", which referred to the practice of betting on the outcome of sporting events or games. |
| Kazakh | The word "турнир" is derived from the French word "tournoi" and was originally used to describe a medieval jousting competition. |
| Khmer | In Thai, “การประชัน” can also mean 'a contest of musical performances', which is not a meaning in Khmer. |
| Korean | 토너먼트는 프랑스어 'Tournoi'에서 유래되었으며, '돌기' 또는 '회전'을 의미합니다. |
| Kurdish | The word "canperî" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "janbâzî" which means "daring" or "risking one's life". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "турнир" in Kyrgyz originally referred to a type of traditional archery competition. |
| Latin | "Torneamentum" is derived from the Latin word "tornare," meaning "to turn," and refers to the circular jousting lists used in medieval tournaments. |
| Latvian | "Turnīrs" comes from the French word "tournoi" which means "jousting". Jousting was a popular sport in the Middle Ages where knights would compete on horseback with lances. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "turnyras" can also refer to a large number of people or objects in a group. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Tournoi" derives from the French word "tournois", meaning "coin tournament". In English, it signifies a sporting contest between individuals or teams. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "турнир" is derived from the French word "tournoi" and also refers to a sporting competition or a competition in general. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fifaninanana" is also used to refer to a competition or a rivalry. |
| Malay | Its word origin is likely from the Javanese word "kajohan" meaning "to meet, play, or fight". |
| Maltese | The word "kampjonat" is derived from the French word "championnat" and can also refer to a championship or a league. |
| Maori | Whakataetae has the same origins and cognates with the Samoan word fa'ata'ata'a ('play'). |
| Marathi | The noun "स्पर्धा" also means "competition" or "rivalry" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "тэмцээн" has many different meanings including "competition" and "trial" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "प्रतियोगिता" in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रति-योगिता", which literally means "coming together for competition" or "rivalry". |
| Norwegian | The word "turnering" is cognate with "turn" and shares its meaning of a rotational movement, like a spinning top or a revolving door. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mpikisano" also has the alternate meaning of "competition" or "contest". |
| Pashto | "سیالۍ" also means "rivalry" or "competition" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "مسابقات" is derived from the Arabic word "مسابقة" and literally means "competition" or "contest", and it is often used to refer to athletic, academic, or creative competitions. |
| Polish | The word "zawody" in Polish can also refer to a profession or occupation. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "torneio" comes from the Latin word "tornus" which can mean either a lathe or a compass, two devices used for drawing circles. |
| Punjabi | Tournament is derived from the Old French word "tornoiement", meaning to turn or to move in a circle, possibly with the implication of a competition or a contest. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "turneu" derives from the French word "tournoi" and also means "tour". |
| Russian | The word "турнир" (tournament) comes from the French word "tournois", which originally referred to a type of medieval battle with mounted knights. |
| Samoan | The word "taʻamilosaga" is also used to refer to a type of traditional Samoan dance. |
| Scots Gaelic | Farpais, 'a tournament', derives from French 'tournais' (tour 'turn'), and is cognate with English 'farand' meaning 'a roundel or a dance in a circle'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "турнир" also means "torneo" (the bullfight competition) in Spanish, and "tournament" in English. |
| Sesotho | Thonamente comes from two Sesotho words: "thōna," "to fight," and "mente," "a place," or figuratively a "battlefield." |
| Shona | The word 'mutambo' in Shona may also refer to a ritual wrestling match performed in a circle, showcasing physical strength and endurance. |
| Sindhi | }ٽورنامينٽ{ word likely comes from the Latin word {}}turnus{}} meaning |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "තරඟාවලිය" has origins in Sanskrit and can also refer to a series or sequence of competitions. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "turnaj" ultimately derives from the Latin term " tornare," meaning "to turn". |
| Slovenian | "Turnir" originates either from French "tournoyer" (to spin), or from Old Occitan "tornejar" (to turn). |
| Somali | The word "tartanka" can also refer to the "battlefield" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Torneo" comes from the Latin word "tornare" (to turn), possibly referring to the turning of knights around a central point during the competition. |
| Sundanese | The word "turnamén" comes from the Dutch word "toernooi". |
| Swahili | The word "mashindano" also means "competition" or "contest" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "turnering" in Swedish comes from the Old French word "tornoiement", meaning "a military exercise or contest". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "paligsahan" can also refer to a competitive event or a competition in general, not just a tournament. |
| Tajik | The word "мусобиқа" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "مسابقه" (mosābaqa), which means "competition" or "contest". |
| Tamil | The word "போட்டி" can also mean "competition" or "rivalry" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "tournament" in Telugu is derived from the French word "tournoiement," meaning "a turning or whirling." It can also refer to a gathering of people for a competition or social event. |
| Thai | The word "ทัวร์นาเมนต์" ultimately derives from the Old French word "torneiment," meaning "a military exercise or contest of skill" |
| Turkish | The word "turnuva" comes from the Old French word "tornoiement", meaning "a joust or tournament" |
| Ukrainian | The word "турнір" is also used in Ukrainian to refer to a type of medieval combat sport similar to jousting. |
| Urdu | Tournament is derived from French word 'tournoi', meaning 'a turning' and ultimately from Latin 'tornare' meaning 'to turn'. |
| Uzbek | The word "turnir" also means "battle" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "giải đấu" can also refer to a competition or contest. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "twrnamaint" is derived from the French word "tournoi". It originally referred to a type of medieval horse race, but later came to be used for a tournament involving other forms of combat. |
| Xhosa | "Ityumenthi" (tournament) means a "meeting of chiefs" in isiXhosa and shares a similar etymology with "ityala" (court case) |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טורנאַמאַנט" (tournament) is derived from the French word "tournoi" and ultimately from the Old French word "torneier" meaning "to turn or spin", referring to the medieval jousting tournaments where knights competed on horseback. |
| Yoruba | "Idije" in Yoruba also refers to a traditional dance performed by masquerades during festivals. |
| Zulu | In a more narrow sense, "inqhudelwano" can refer to a competitive game or sport in which prizes or medals are awarded. |
| English | The word "tournament" derives from the Old French "tornoiement", meaning a turning movement in battle. |