tennis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.3.2 Derived terms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old French tenez, second-person imperative of tenir (“‘hold’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛn.ɪs/
• (US) SAMPA: /tE.nIs/

[edit] Noun

tennis (uncountable)

1. (sports) A sport played by either two or four players with strung racquets, a 2½" (6.4 cm) ball, and a net approximately 3 feet high on a clay, grass, or cement court.

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[edit] Derived terms

• lawn tennis - tennis played on a grass court.
• real tennis - (retronym) an indoor racket sport from which the modern game of tennis (lawn tennis) is descended.

[edit] Related terms

• tennis elbow
• tennis racquet
• tennis ball

[edit] See also

• table tennis or ping pong

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: einnst
• nestin
• sennit
• sinnet
• tensin

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

From English tennis.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ten‧nis
• IPA: [ˈtenːis]

[edit] Noun

tennis (stem tenni-^*)

1. tennis

[edit] Synonyms

• verkkopallo (dated)

[edit] Derived terms

• tenniskenttä
• tennismaila
• tennispallo
• tennistossut
• tennisturnaus

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

tennis m. (plural tennis)

1. (usually uncountable) tennis
2. (countable, Europe, dated) sneaker

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

tennis m. inv.

1. tennis

[edit] Related terms

• tennistavolo
• tennista
• tennistico