different between tournament vs jonokuchi

English

Etymology

Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t?n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: tour?na?ment

Noun

tournament (plural tournaments)

1. (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
2. A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
3. (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Synonyms

• (Middle Ages, contests, games, battles): tourney
• (contests, sports, games): tourney

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (t?namento)

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???.

Noun

jonokuchi (plural jonokuchi)

1. (sumo) A member of the lowest division of sumo wrestlers (below jonidan) to which new recruits are promoted after their first tournament.