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See also:Tennis

English

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Commons

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtennys,teneys,tenis, fromOld Frenchtenez(second-person plural imperative oftenir(“to hold”)).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnɪs/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)
Rhymes:-ɛnɪs
Homophone:tenness

Noun

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tennis (usuallyuncountable,pluraltennises)

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four indoubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net usingracquets.
- 1935,George Goodchild, chapter 1, inDeath on the Centre Court:
  “Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on thattennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
(dated) Amatch in this sport.
- 1918,Violet Hunt,The Last Ditch, page95:
  We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas andtennises[…]
(obsolete) An earlier game in which a ball is drivento and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with aracquet or with theopenhand.
- 1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  tennis-balls
- 1849–1861,Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, inThe History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume(please specify |volume=I to V), London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC:
  His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playingtennis,[…] were familiar to all London.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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→ Armenian:թենիս(tʻenis)
→ Arabic:تِنِس(tinis)
→ Asturian:tenis
→ Basque:tenis
→ Burmese:တင်းနစ်(tang:nac)
→ Catalan:tennis
→ Czech:tenis
→ Danish:tennis
→ Dutch:tennis
→ Finnish:tennis
→ French:tennis
→ Galician:tenis
German:Tennis
- → Estonian:tennis
→ Greek:τένις(ténis)
→ Greek:τένις(ténis)
→ Hebrew:טניס(ténis)
→ Hindi:टेनिस(ṭenis)
→ Hungarian:tenisz
→ Icelandic:tennis
→ Italian:tennis
→ Japanese:テニス(tenisu)
→ Korean:테니스(teniseu)
→ Latvian:teniss
→ Luxembourgish:Tennis
→ Malay:tenis
→ Northern Kurdish:tenîs
→ Norwegian:tennis
→ Persian:تنیس(tenis)
→ Polish:tenis
→ Portuguese:ténis,tênis(Brazil)
→ Romanian:tenis
→ Russian:те́ннис(ténnis)
- → Kazakh:теннис(tennis)
→ Scottish Gaelic:teanas
→ Serbo-Croatian:ténis /те́нис
→ Slovene:tenis
→ Spanish:tenis
→ Swahili:tenisi
→ Swedish:tennis
→ Telugu:టెన్నిసు(ṭennisu),టెన్నిస్(ṭennis)
→ Thai:เทนนิส(ten-nít)
→ Turkish:tenis
→ Ukrainian:те́ніс(ténis)
→ Uzbek:tennis
→ Walloon:tenisse
→ Welsh:tennis
→ Yiddish:טעניס(tenis)

Translations

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sport played by two or four players with strung racquets

Afrikaans:tennis (af)
Albanian:tenis (sq) m
Amharic:ተኒስ(tänis)
Arabic:تَنِس m(tanis),تِنِس m(tinis),كُرَةُ المَضْرِب f(kuratu l-maḍrib),كُرَةُ المِضْرَب f(kuratu l-miḍrab)
Gulf Arabic:تنس(tinis)
Hijazi Arabic:تِنِس m(tinis)
Armenian:թենիս (hy)(tʻenis)
Asturian:tenis m
Azerbaijani:tennis
Bashkir:теннис(tennis)
Bavarian:Tennis
Belarusian:тэ́ніс m(ténis)
Bengali:টেনিস (bn)(ṭeniś)
Bulgarian:те́нис (bg) m(ténis)
Burmese:တင်းနစ်(tang:nac)
Carpathian Rusyn:те́ніс m(ténis)
Catalan:tennis (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese:網球 /网球(mong⁵ kau⁴)
Mandarin:網球 /网球 (zh)(wǎngqiú)
Czech:tenis (cs) m
Danish:tennis (da) c
Dutch:tennis (nl) n
Esperanto:teniso
Estonian:tennis (et)
Finnish:tennis (fi)
French:tennis (fr) m
Galician:tenis (gl) m
Georgian:ჩოგბურთი (ka)(čogburti)
German:Tennis (de) n
Greek:αντισφαίριση (el) f(antisfaírisi),τένις (el) n(ténis)(colloquial)
Gujarati:ટેનિસ(ṭenis)
Hausa:tanìs m
Hebrew:טֶנִיס (he) m(tenis)
Hindi:टेनिस (hi)(ṭenis)
Hungarian:tenisz (hu)
Icelandic:tennis (is) m
Indonesian:tenis (id)
Interlingua:tennis
Irish:leadóg (ga) f
Italian:tennis (it) m
Japanese:テニス (ja)(tenisu),庭球 (ja)(teikyū)
Kannada:ಟೆನ್ನಿಸ್(ṭennis)
Kazakh:теннис(tennis)
Khmer:តែន្និស(taennih)
Korean:테니스 (ko)(teniseu),정구(庭球) (ko)(jeonggu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish:tenîs (ku)
Kyrgyz:теннис(tennis)
Lao:ເຕັນນິສ(ten nit),ເທນນິດ(thēn nit),ເທັນນິດ(then nit)
Latin:tenisia f
Latvian:teniss (lv) m
Lithuanian:tenisas m
Macedonian:те́нис m(ténis)
Malay:tenis
Malayalam:ടെന്നീസ്(ṭennīsŭ)
Maltese:tenis
Marathi:टेनिस(ṭenis)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:теннис(tennis)
Navajo:jooł ałchʼįʼ abínídzílghałí
Nepali:टेनिस(ṭenis)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:tennis (no) m
Nynorsk:tennis m
Palauan:tenis
Pashto:تېنس m(tenís),ټېنس (ps) m(ṭenés)
Persian:تنیس (fa)(tenis)
Polish:tenis ziemny m anim,tenis (pl) m anim,biały sport m(literary)
Portuguese:tênis (pt) m,ténis (pt) m
Punjabi:ਖਿੱਦੋ-ਛਿੱਕਾ(khiddo-chikkā),ਗੇਂਦ-ਛਿੱਕਾ(genda-chikkā)
Romanian:tenis (ro) n
Russian:те́ннис (ru) m(tɛ́nnis)
Sanskrit:लानम्(lānam)
Scottish Gaelic:teanas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:те́нис m
Roman:ténis (sh) m
Sinhalese:ටෙනිස්(ṭenis)
Slovak:tenis (sk) m
Slovene:ténis (sl) m
Spanish:tenis (es) m
Swahili:tenisi
Swedish:tennis (sv) c
Tagalog:tenis
Tajik:теннис (tg)(tennis)
Tamil:வரிப்பந்தாட்டம்(varippantāṭṭam),வலைப்பந்து(valaippantu)
Tatar:теннис(tennis)
Telugu:టెన్నిస్(ṭennis)
Thai:เทนนิส (th)(ten-nít)
Tibetan:ཏན་ནེ་སི་སྤོ་ལོ།(tan ne si spo lo)
Tigrinya:ተኒስ(tänis)
Turkish:tenis (tr)
Turkmen:tennis
Ukrainian:те́ніс m(ténis)
Urdu:ٹینس(ṭenis)
Uyghur:چويلا توپ(choyla top),تېننىس(tënnis)
Uzbek:tennis (uz)
Vietnamese:quần vợt (vi),ten-nít
Walloon:tenisse (wa) m
Yiddish:טעניס n(tenis)

Verb

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tennis (third-person singular simple presenttennises,present participletennising,simple past and past participletennised)

(intransitive, dated) To play tennis.
(transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
- 1596 (date written; published1633),Edmund Spenser,A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […],→OCLC; republished asA View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison,1809,→OCLC:
  they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, andtennis him amongst them

Anagrams

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innest,nestin,sennit,sinnet,tensin

Catalan

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tennis m (uncountable)

tennis

Derived terms

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Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:

tennis

Wikipedia^da

Etymology

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FromEnglishtennis.

Noun

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tennis c (definite singulartennissenortennisen)

(uncountable, sports)tennis

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.nɪs/,/ˈtɛ.nəs/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:ten‧nis
Rhymes:-ɛnɪs

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromEnglishtennis.

Noun

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tennis n (uncountable)

tennis(sport)

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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tennis

inflection oftennissen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case ofinversion)second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Anagrams

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intens

Estonian

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Etymology

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FromGermanTennis.

Noun

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tennis (genitivetennise,partitivetennist)

tennis

Finnish

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Etymology

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FromEnglishtennis.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtenːis/,[ˈt̪e̞nːis̠]
Rhymes:-enːis
Hyphenation^(key):ten‧nis

Noun

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tennis

tennis

Declension

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Inflection oftennis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		tennis	tennikset
genitive		tenniksen	tennisten tenniksien
partitive		tennistä	tenniksiä
illative		tennikseen	tenniksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tennis	tennikset
accusative	nom.	tennis	tennikset
accusative	gen.	tenniksen	tennikset
genitive		tenniksen	tennisten tenniksien
partitive		tennistä	tenniksiä
inessive		tenniksessä	tenniksissä
elative		tenniksestä	tenniksistä
illative		tennikseen	tenniksiin
adessive		tenniksellä	tenniksillä
ablative		tennikseltä	tenniksiltä
allative		tennikselle	tenniksille
essive		tenniksenä	tenniksinä
translative		tennikseksi	tenniksiksi
abessive		tenniksettä	tenniksittä
instructive		—	tenniksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms oftennis(Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tennikseni	tennikseni
accusative	nom.	tennikseni	tennikseni
accusative	gen.	tennikseni	tennikseni
genitive		tennikseni	tennisteni tenniksieni
partitive		tennistäni	tenniksiäni
inessive		tenniksessäni	tenniksissäni
elative		tenniksestäni	tenniksistäni
illative		tennikseeni	tenniksiini
adessive		tennikselläni	tenniksilläni
ablative		tennikseltäni	tenniksiltäni
allative		tennikselleni	tenniksilleni
essive		tenniksenäni	tenniksinäni
translative		tenniksekseni	tenniksikseni
abessive		tenniksettäni	tenniksittäni
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tenniksineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tenniksesi	tenniksesi
accusative	nom.	tenniksesi	tenniksesi
accusative	gen.	tenniksesi	tenniksesi
genitive		tenniksesi	tennistesi tenniksiesi
partitive		tennistäsi	tenniksiäsi
inessive		tenniksessäsi	tenniksissäsi
elative		tenniksestäsi	tenniksistäsi
illative		tennikseesi	tenniksiisi
adessive		tennikselläsi	tenniksilläsi
ablative		tennikseltäsi	tenniksiltäsi
allative		tenniksellesi	tenniksillesi
essive		tenniksenäsi	tenniksinäsi
translative		tennikseksesi	tenniksiksesi
abessive		tenniksettäsi	tenniksittäsi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tenniksinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tenniksemme	tenniksemme
accusative	nom.	tenniksemme	tenniksemme
accusative	gen.	tenniksemme	tenniksemme
genitive		tenniksemme	tennistemme tenniksiemme
partitive		tennistämme	tenniksiämme
inessive		tenniksessämme	tenniksissämme
elative		tenniksestämme	tenniksistämme
illative		tennikseemme	tenniksiimme
adessive		tenniksellämme	tenniksillämme
ablative		tennikseltämme	tenniksiltämme
allative		tenniksellemme	tenniksillemme
essive		tenniksenämme	tenniksinämme
translative		tennikseksemme	tenniksiksemme
abessive		tenniksettämme	tenniksittämme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tenniksinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tenniksenne	tenniksenne
accusative	nom.	tenniksenne	tenniksenne
accusative	gen.	tenniksenne	tenniksenne
genitive		tenniksenne	tennistenne tenniksienne
partitive		tennistänne	tenniksiänne
inessive		tenniksessänne	tenniksissänne
elative		tenniksestänne	tenniksistänne
illative		tennikseenne	tenniksiinne
adessive		tenniksellänne	tenniksillänne
ablative		tennikseltänne	tenniksiltänne
allative		tenniksellenne	tenniksillenne
essive		tenniksenänne	tenniksinänne
translative		tennikseksenne	tenniksiksenne
abessive		tenniksettänne	tenniksittänne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tenniksinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		tenniksensä	tenniksensä
accusative	nom.	tenniksensä	tenniksensä
accusative	gen.	tenniksensä	tenniksensä
genitive		tenniksensä	tennistensä tenniksiensä
partitive		tennistään tennistänsä	tenniksiään tenniksiänsä
inessive		tenniksessään tenniksessänsä	tenniksissään tenniksissänsä
elative		tenniksestään tenniksestänsä	tenniksistään tenniksistänsä
illative		tennikseensä	tenniksiinsä
adessive		tenniksellään tenniksellänsä	tenniksillään tenniksillänsä
ablative		tennikseltään tennikseltänsä	tenniksiltään tenniksiltänsä
allative		tennikselleen tenniksellensä	tenniksilleen tenniksillensä
essive		tenniksenään tenniksenänsä	tenniksinään tenniksinänsä
translative		tenniksekseen tennikseksensä	tenniksikseen tenniksiksensä
abessive		tenniksettään tenniksettänsä	tenniksittään tenniksittänsä
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	tenniksineen tenniksinensä

Synonyms

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verkkopallo(dated)

Derived terms

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compounds

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtennis.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /tɛ.nis/ ~/te.nis/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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tennis m (pluraltennis)

(usually uncountable, sports)tennis
(countable, Europe, dated)sneaker

Derived terms

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tennis de table

Descendants

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→ Persian:تنیس(tenis)

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɛnːɪs/
Rhymes:-ɛnːɪs

Noun

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tennis m (genitive singulartennisortenniss,no plural)

tennis

Declension

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Declension oftennis (sg-only masculine)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tennis	tennisinn
accusative	tennis	tennisinn
dative	tennis,tennisi	tennisnum,tennisinum
genitive	tennis,tenniss	tennisins,tennissins