tenis

See also: ténis, tênis, and teñís

Asturian

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. (sports) tennis

Basque

Noun

tenis ?

1. tennis

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtɛ.nis]

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tennis

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis, Old French tenez, second-person imperative of tenir (“hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnɪs]

Noun

tenis m inan

1. tennis

Declension

Declension of tenis (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tenis	tenisy
genitive	tenisu	tenisů
dative	tenisu	tenisům
accusative	tenis	tenisy
vocative	tenise	tenisy
locative	tenisu, tenise	tenisech
instrumental	tenisem	tenisy

Derived terms

• tenisový
• tenista
• tenistka

 

Further reading

• tenis in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tenis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• tenis in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Verb

tenis

1. past of teni

Galician

Tennis shoes

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. tennis

Noun

tenis m (invariable)

1. trainer, running shoe, tennis shoes, sneaker (shoe)

Usage notes

• (tennis shoes): Often more used in the plural forms with the same meaning.

Derived terms

• tenista m or f
• tenístico m, tenística f
• tenis de mesa m

Ido

Verb

tenis

1. past of tenar

Malay

Noun

tenis (plural tenis-tenis, informal 1st possessive tenisku, 2nd possessive tenismu, 3rd possessive tenisnya)

1. (sports) tennis

Palauan

Noun

tenis

1. tennis

Derived terms

• rakket er a tenis (“tennis racket”)

References

• tenis in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• tenis in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• tenis in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 325.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis, Old French tenez, second-person imperative of tenir (“hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɲis/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲis
• Syllabification: te‧nis

Noun

tenis m animal

1. tennis

   Synonym: (literary) biały sport

Declension

Declension of tenis

	singular
nominative	tenis
genitive	tenisa
dative	tenisowi
accusative	tenisa
instrumental	tenisem
locative	tenisie
vocative	tenisie

Derived terms

adjective

• tenisowy

 

nouns

• tenisista
• tenisistka
• tenisówka

 

Further reading

• tenis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tenis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Noun

tenis n (plural teniși)

1. tennis

Declension

Declension of tenis

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tenis	tenisul	(niște) teniși	tenișile
genitive/dative	(unui) tenis	tenisului	(unor) teniși	tenișilor
vocative	tenisule		tenișilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těːnis/
• Hyphenation: te‧nis

Noun

ténis m (Cyrillic spelling те́нис)

1. (uncountable, sports, tennis) tennis

Declension

Declension of tenis

	singular
nominative	tenis
genitive	tenisa
dative	tenisu
accusative	tenis
vocative	tenise
locative	tenisu
instrumental	tenisom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /téːnis/

Noun

tẹ̑nis m inan

1. tennis

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	ténis
genitive	ténisa
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ténis
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ténisu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ténisom

Spanish

A tennis shoe

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenis/ [ˈt̪e.nis]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enis
• Syllabification: te‧nis

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. tennis

Noun

tenis m (plural tenis)

1. trainer, running shoe, tennis shoes, sneaker

   Synonyms: zapatillas, zapatilla de deporte, deportivos, deportivas, bambas, playeros, playeras

Usage notes

• (tennis shoes): Often more used in the plural forms with the same meaning.

Derived terms

• bola de tenis
• cancha de tenis
• colgar los tenis
• pelota de tenis
• pista de tenis
• tenista m or f by sense
• tenístico m, tenística f
• tenis de mesa m

Further reading

• “tenis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenis/, [ˈtɛ.nɪs]
• Hyphenation: te‧nis

Noun

tenis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. tennis

Derived terms

• magtenis

Related terms

• tenista

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenis/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

tenis (definite accusative tenisi, plural tenisler)

1. tennis

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tenis
Definite accusative	tenisi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tenis	tenisler
Definite accusative	tenisi	tenisleri
Dative	tenise	tenislere
Locative	teniste	tenislerde
Ablative	tenisten	tenislerden
Genitive	tenisin	tenislerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tenisim tenislerim 2nd singular tenisin tenislerin 3rd singular tenisi tenisleri 1st plural tenisimiz tenislerimiz 2nd plural tenisiniz tenisleriniz 3rd plural tenisleri tenisleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tenisimi tenislerimi 2nd singular tenisini tenislerini 3rd singular tenisini tenislerini 1st plural tenisimizi tenislerimizi 2nd plural tenisinizi tenislerinizi 3rd plural tenislerini tenislerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tenisime tenislerime 2nd singular tenisine tenislerine 3rd singular tenisine tenislerine 1st plural tenisimize tenislerimize 2nd plural tenisinize tenislerinize 3rd plural tenislerine tenislerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tenisimde tenislerimde 2nd singular tenisinde tenislerinde 3rd singular tenisinde tenislerinde 1st plural tenisimizde tenislerimizde 2nd plural tenisinizde tenislerinizde 3rd plural tenislerinde tenislerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tenisimden tenislerimden 2nd singular tenisinden tenislerinden 3rd singular tenisinden tenislerinden 1st plural tenisimizden tenislerimizden 2nd plural tenisinizden tenislerinizden 3rd plural tenislerinden tenislerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tenisimin tenislerimin 2nd singular tenisinin tenislerinin 3rd singular tenisinin tenislerinin 1st plural tenisimizin tenislerimizin 2nd plural tenisinizin tenislerinizin 3rd plural tenislerinin tenislerinin

Derived terms

• tenisçi
• tenisçilik