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