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tennis

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See also: Tennis

English

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tennis player
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Etymology

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From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (to hold)).

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Noun

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tennis (usually uncountable, plural tennises)

  1. (sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
      “Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke [] whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
  2. (dated) A match in this sport.
    • 1918, Violet Hunt, The Last Ditch, page 95:
      We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises []
  3. (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.

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Verb

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tennis (third-person singular simple present tennises, present participle tennising, simple past and past participle tennised)

  1. (intransitive, dated) To play tennis.
  2. (transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
    • 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande [], Dublin: [] Societie of Stationers, [], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland [] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: [] Society of Stationers, [] Hibernia Press, [] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
      they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tennis m (uncountable)

  1. tennis

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Danish

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Etymology

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From English tennis.

Noun

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tennis c (definite singular tennissen or tennisen)

  1. (uncountable, sports) tennis

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.nɪs/, /ˈtɛ.nəs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ten‧nis
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪs

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English tennis.

Noun

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tennis n (uncountable)

  1. tennis (sport)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tennis

  1. inflection of tennissen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Tennis.

Noun

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tennis (genitive tennise, partitive tennist)

  1. tennis

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English tennis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtenːis/, [ˈt̪e̞nːis̠]
  • Rhymes: -enːis
  • Hyphenation(key): ten‧nis

Noun

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tennis

  1. tennis

Declension

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Inflection of tennis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative tennis tennikset
genitive tenniksen tennisten
tenniksien
partitive tennistä tenniksiä
illative tennikseen tenniksiin
singular plural
nominative tennis tennikset
accusative nom. tennis tennikset
gen. tenniksen
genitive tenniksen tennisten
tenniksien
partitive tennistä tenniksiä
inessive tenniksessä tenniksissä
elative tenniksestä tenniksistä
illative tennikseen tenniksiin
adessive tenniksellä tenniksillä
ablative tennikseltä tenniksiltä
allative tennikselle tenniksille
essive tenniksenä tenniksinä
translative tennikseksi tenniksiksi
abessive tenniksettä tenniksittä
instructive tenniksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tennis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tennikseni tennikseni
accusative nom. tennikseni tennikseni
gen. tennikseni
genitive tennikseni tennisteni
tenniksieni
partitive tennistäni tenniksiäni
inessive tenniksessäni tenniksissäni
elative tenniksestäni tenniksistäni
illative tennikseeni tenniksiini
adessive tennikselläni tenniksilläni
ablative tennikseltäni tenniksiltäni
allative tennikselleni tenniksilleni
essive tenniksenäni tenniksinäni
translative tenniksekseni tenniksikseni
abessive tenniksettäni tenniksittäni
instructive
comitative tenniksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tenniksesi tenniksesi
accusative nom. tenniksesi tenniksesi
gen. tenniksesi
genitive tenniksesi tennistesi
tenniksiesi
partitive tennistäsi tenniksiäsi
inessive tenniksessäsi tenniksissäsi
elative tenniksestäsi tenniksistäsi
illative tennikseesi tenniksiisi
adessive tennikselläsi tenniksilläsi
ablative tennikseltäsi tenniksiltäsi
allative tenniksellesi tenniksillesi
essive tenniksenäsi tenniksinäsi
translative tennikseksesi tenniksiksesi
abessive tenniksettäsi tenniksittäsi
instructive
comitative tenniksinesi

Synonyms

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tennis m (plural tennis)

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

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tennis m (genitive singular tennis or tenniss, no plural)

  1. tennis

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tennis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tennis m (invariable)

  1. tennis
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Further reading

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  • tennis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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tennis m (definite singular tennisen) (uncountable)

  1. (sports) tennis

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

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tennis m (definite singular tennisen) (uncountable)

  1. (sports) tennis

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tennis c

  1. (uncountable, sports) tennis

Declension

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Declension of tennis
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tennis tennis
definite tennisen tennisens
plural indefinite
definite

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References

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Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From English tennis.

Noun

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tennis m or f (uncountable)

  1. tennis

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tennis
radical soft nasal aspirate
tennis dennis nhennis thennis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • 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