badminton

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 2 Czech 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈbædmɪntən/

[edit] Noun

badminton (uncountable)

1. A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

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[edit] See also

• Badminton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Badminton on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

badminton m.

1. badminton