tennis

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛnɪs/ Rhymes: -ɛnɪs Homophone: tenness Hyphenation: ten‧nis === Noun === tennis (usually uncountable, plural tennises) (sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. (dated) A match in this sport. (obsolete) An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tennis (third-person singular simple present tennises, present participle tennising, simple past and past participle tennised) (intransitive, dated) To play tennis. (transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball. === See also === table tennis or ping pong === Anagrams === innest, nestin, sennit, sinnet, tensin == Catalan == === Alternative forms === tenis === Etymology === Borrowed from English tennis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɛn.nis] === Noun === tennis m (uncountable) tennis ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tennis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tennis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tennis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Danish == === Etymology === From English tennis. === Noun === tennis c (definite singular tennissen or tennisen) (uncountable, sports) tennis ==== Derived terms ==== tennisbane tennisbold tennisketsjer === Further reading === “tennis” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.nɪs/, /ˈtɛ.nəs/ Hyphenation: ten‧nis Rhymes: -ɛnɪs === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English tennis. ==== Noun ==== tennis n (uncountable, no diminutive) tennis (sport) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tennis inflection of tennissen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === intens == Estonian == === Etymology === From German Tennis. === Noun === tennis (genitive tennise, partitive tennist) tennis == Faroese == === Etymology === From English tennis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛnːɪs/ === Noun === tennis n (genitive singular tennis) tennis ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === "tennis" at Sprotin.fo == Finnish == === Etymology === From English tennis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtenːis/, [ˈt̪e̞nːis̠] Rhymes: -enːis Syllabification(key): ten‧nis Hyphenation(key): ten‧nis === Noun === tennis tennis ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== verkkopallo (dated) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tennis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tennis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛ.nis/ ~ /te.nis/ === Noun === tennis m (invariable) (usually uncountable, sports) tennis (countable, Europe, dated) sneaker ==== Derived terms ==== tennis de table ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: تنیس (tenis) === Further reading === “tennis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛnːɪs/ Rhymes: -ɛnːɪs === Noun === tennis m (genitive singular tennis or tenniss, no plural) tennis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tennisolnbogi tennisspaði === Anagrams === steinn == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tennis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.nis/ Rhymes: -ɛnnis Hyphenation: tèn‧nis === Noun === tennis m (invariable) tennis ==== Related terms ==== tennistavolo tennista tennistico === Further reading === tennis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === tennis m (definite singular tennisen) (uncountable) (sports) tennis ==== Derived terms ==== bordtennis tennisbane tennisspiller == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tennis m (definite singular tennisen) (uncountable) (sports) tennis ==== Derived terms ==== bordtennis tennisbane == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tennis c (uncountable, sports) tennis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === tennis in Svensk ordbok (SO) tennis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) tennis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === nitens, sinnet == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tennis. === Noun === tennis m or f tennis ==== Derived terms ==== cwrt tennis (“tennis court”) tennis bwrdd (“table tennis”) tennis lawnt (“lawn tennis”) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tennis”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tennis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies