torneio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• torneyo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈnej.u/ [toɦˈneɪ̯.u]

• (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/

• (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)

1. (sports) tournament (series of games)

   Synonyms: competição, copa

2. (historical) joust (mock combat between two knights)

   Synonym: justa

Derived terms

• torneio da morte

Etymology 2

Deverbal of tornear (“to lathe”),^[1] from torno (“lathe”), from Latin tornus (“lathe”).

Noun

torneio m (plural torneios)

1. the act of lathing

   Synonym: torneamento

2. the quality of an object which was lathed
3. (figurative) elegance; refinement

Related terms

• tornear
• torneiro
• torno

Etymology 3

Verb

torneio

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornear

References

1. “torneio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025