tenis

See also: ténis, tênis, and teñís

Asturian

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. (sports) tennis

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Basque

Noun

tenis ?

1. tennis

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Catalan

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tennis

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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnɪs]

Noun

tenis m

1. tennis

Declension

Declension

	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

Related terms

• See tenor

Further reading

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

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Esperanto

Verb

tenis

1. past of teni

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Galician

A tennis shoes

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. tennis

tenis m (plural tenis)

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

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Ido

Verb

tenis

1. past of tenar

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Malay

Noun

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

1. (sports) tennis

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɲis/

Noun

tenis m anim

1. tennis

Declension

declension of tenis

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

Derived terms

• (nouns) tenisista, tenisistka, tenisówka
• (adjective) tenisowy

Further reading

• tenis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ténis m (Cyrillic spelling те́нис)

1. (uncountable) tennis

Declension

Declension of tenis

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

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /téːnis/

Noun

tẹ̑nis m inan

1. tennis

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	ténis
genitive	ténisa
	singular
nominative	ténis
accusative	ténis
genitive	ténisa
dative	ténisu
locative	ténisu
instrumental	ténisom

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Spanish

A tennis shoes

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Noun

tenis m (uncountable)

1. tennis

tenis m (plural tenis)

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

   Synonyms: zapatillas, zapatillas 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
• tenista m or f
• tenístico m, tenística f
• tenis de mesa m

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenis/

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 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

Derived terms

• tenisçi
• tenisçilik