torneio
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- torneyo (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁˈnej.u/ [toɦˈneɪ̯.u]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾˈnej.u/ [toɾˈneɪ̯.u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁˈnej.u/ [toʁˈneɪ̯.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻˈnej.o/ [toɻˈneɪ̯.o]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈnɐj.u/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈnej.u/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈnej.u/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈne.u/
- Hyphenation: tor‧nei‧o
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese torneyo, from Old Occitan tornei,[1] from Latin tornō (“to turn; to lathe”).
Noun
torneio m (plural torneios)
- (sports) tournament (series of games)
- Synonyms: competição, copa
- (historical) joust (mock combat between two knights)
- Synonym: justa
Derived terms
- torneio da morte
Etymology 2
Deverbal from tornear (“to lathe”),[1] from torno (“lathe”), from Latin tornus (“lathe”).
Noun
torneio m (plural torneios)
- the act of lathing
- Synonym: torneamento
- the quality of an object which was lathed
- (figurative) elegance; refinement
References
- “torneio” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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