Tournay

See also: tournay

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Tournay.

Proper noun

Tournay (countable and uncountable, plural Tournays)

1. A village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
2. A surname from French.

Related terms

• Turney

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tournay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan Tornai. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ.naj/, (uncommon) /tuʁ.nɛ/
• Homophones: tournaille, tournailles, tournaillent

Proper noun

Tournay m

1. Tournay (a village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ.nɛ/
• Homophones: tournaient, tournais, tournait

Proper noun

Tournay f

1. Obsolete spelling of Tournai. (town in Wallonia)

Derived terms

• Tournay (surname)

Further reading

• Cassini map on Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019

Etymology 3

From the former spelling of Tournai. Historically most prevalent in the Nord department.

Proper noun

Tournay m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Tournay

Further reading

• filae.com
• Forebears (French)