Tournay
See also: tournay
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Tournay (countable and uncountable, plural Tournays)
- A village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
- A surname from French.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tournay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Occitan Tornai. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tuʁ.naj/
- Homophones: tournaille, tournailles, tournaillent
Proper noun edit
Tournay m
- Tournay (a village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tuʁ.nɛ/
- Homophones: tournaient, tournais, tournait
Proper noun edit
Tournay f
Derived terms edit
- Tournay (surname)
Further reading edit
Etymology 3 edit
From the former spelling of Tournai. Historically most prevalent in the Nord department.[2]
Proper noun edit
Tournay m or f by sense
- a surname
Descendants edit
- English: Tournay
Further reading edit
References edit
- ^ Cassini map (1740s).
- ^ filae.com