English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaʊstɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aʊstɪŋ
Noun
jousting (countable and uncountable, plural joustings)
- A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.
- (figurative) Any activity in which two people spar with each other verbally.
Translations
medieval European sport
- Arabic: مجاولة f (mujāwilah)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馬上槍術比賽 / 马上枪术比赛 (mǎshàngqiāngshùbǐsài), 馬上比武 / 马上比武 (zh) (mǎshàngbǐwǔ)
- Danish: dyst (da)
- Dutch: steekspel (nl) n
- French: joute équestre f, joute (fr) f
- German: Tjost m, Tjostieren n, Lanzenstechen n
- Greek: κονταρομαχία (el) f (kontaromachía), διαδορατισμός m (diadoratismós), τζόστρα f (tzóstra)
- Hebrew: ג׳אוסט, התכתשות, הפלה ברומח
- Hungarian: lovagi torna (hu)
- Italian: giostra (it) m
- Malay: lawan tombak
- Norwegian: dyst, dysting
- Portuguese: justa (pt) f
- Russian: рыцарский поединок (rycarskij pojedinok), поединок (ru) (pojedinok), сшибка на копьях (sšibka na kopʹjax)
- Spanish: justa (es) f
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two people sparing with each other verbally
Verb
jousting
- present participle and gerund of joust
Translations