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ten·nis

(tĕn′ĭs)

1. A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court divided by a net. The players must hit the ball over the net and into a marked area on the other side for play to continue. Also called lawn tennis.

2. Court tennis.

[Middle English tenetz, tenyes, court tennis, from Anglo-Norman tenetz and Old French tenez, pl. imperative of tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see detain.]

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tennis

(ˈtɛnɪs)

(Tennis)

a. a racket game played between two players or pairs of players who hit a ball to and fro over a net on a rectangular court of grass, asphalt, clay, etc. See also lawn tennis, real tennis, court tennis, table tennis

b. (as modifier): tennis court; tennis racket.

[C14: probably from Anglo-French tenetz hold (imperative), from Old French tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre]

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ten•nis

(ˈtɛn ɪs)

n.

a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net. Compare lawn tennis.

[1350–1400; Middle English tenetz, ten(e)ys < Anglo-French: take!, imperative pl. of tenir to hold, take, receive (see tenant)]

tennis

drop shot - In tennis, it is so called because after it is hit, it drops abruptly to the ground.
cachpule - The ancestral name for tennis or a tennis court.
service game - In tennis, a game in which a particular player serves.
tennis - From French tenez, "take, receive," which was originally called out by the server to the opponent.

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Noun

tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

lawn tennis

double fault - (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point

footfault - a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline

court game - an athletic game played on a court

break of serve, break - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"

professional tennis - playing tennis for money

singles - tennis played with one person on each side

doubles - tennis played with two players on each side

court tennis, real tennis, royal tennis - an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court

undercut, cut - (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"

drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)

forehand drive - (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)

serve, service - (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"

fault - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"

rally, exchange - (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"

service break - a tennis game won on the opponent's service

advantage - (tennis) first point scored after deuce

set point - (tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis

match point - (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)

game - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

ace - serve an ace against (someone)

drop one's serve - lose a game in which one is serving

tennis

Tennis terms

ace, advantage, approach shot, backhand, ball, baseline, break of serve, break point, cannonball, centre line, centre mark, chip, clay court, court, deuce, double fault, doubles, drop shot, fault, foot fault, forecourt, forehand, game, grass court, ground stroke, half-volley, hard court, lawn tennis, let, line call, linesman, lob, love, love game, match, mixed doubles, net, net cord, passing shot, racket or racquet, rally, receiver, return, server, service, service line, set, set point, sideline, singles, slice, smash, tie-break or tiebreaker, topspin, tramline, umpire, undercut, volley

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Translations

تِنِسلُعْبَة التِّنِس

tenis

tennis

teniso

tennis

tenis

tenisz

tenis

tennis

tennis

テニス

테니스

sportbatistenisas

teniss

tennis

tenistenis ziemny

tênis ténis

теннис

tenistenisový

tenis

tennis

เทนนิส

tenis

quần vợt

网球

tennis

[ˈtenɪs]

A. N → tenis m

B. CPD tennis ball N → pelota f de tenis
tennis club N → club m de tenis
tennis court N → pista f de tenis (Sp), cancha f de tenis (LAm)
tennis elbow N (Med) → sinovitis f del codo, codo m de tenista
tennis match N → partido m de tenis
tennis player N → tenista mf
tennis racquet N → raqueta f de tenis
tennis shoe N → zapatilla f de tenis

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tennis

[ˈtɛnɪs]

n → tennis m
to play tennis → jouer au tennis
Do you play tennis? → Vous jouez au tennis?

modif [club, match, game, tournament, circuit, champion, lesson] → de tennistennis ball n → balle f de tennistennis camp n (US) to go to tennis camp → faire un stage de tennistennis court n → court m de tennistennis elbow n → synovite f du coude, tennis-elbow mtennis player n → joueur/euse m/f de tennis
He's a tennis player → Il est joueur de tennis.
He's a good tennis player → C'est un bon joueur de tennis.tennis racket tennis racquet n → raquette f de tennistennis shoe n → chaussure f de tennis, tennis f

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tennis

n → Tennis nt

tennis

in cpds → Tennis-;

tennis ball

n → Tennisball m

tennis club

n → Tennisklub m, → Tennisverein m

tennis court

n → Tennisplatz m

tennis elbow

n (Med) → Tennisarm m

tennis player

n → Tennisspieler(in) m(f)

tennis racket, tennis racquet

n → Tennisschläger m

tennis shoe

n → Tennisschuh m

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tennis

[ˈtɛnɪs]

1. n → tennis m

2. adj → da tennis

tennis

(ˈtenis) noun

(also lawn tennis) a game for two or four players who use rackets to hit a ball to each other over a net stretched across a tennis-court. Let's play (a game of) tennis; (also adjective) a tennis match.

ˈtennis-court noun

a specially-marked area on which tennis is played.

ˈtennis-racket noun

a racket with which one plays tennis.

ˈtennis shoe noun

a sports shoe suitable for tennis, running etc.

tennis

→ تِنِس tenis tennis Tennis τένις tenis tennis tennis tenis tennis テニス 테니스 tennis tennis tenis ténis, tênis теннис tennis เทนนิส tenis quần vợt 网球

tennis

n tenis m

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"Over the south verandah, looking on to the tennis lawn."

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Monsieur de Beaufort, in common with many other prisoners, was bent upon doing things that were prohibited; and the only resource the governor had was, one day when the duke was playing at tennis, to efface all these drawings, consisting chiefly of profiles.

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But as he played tennis his balls often rolled into this hole and were lost.

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Inglethorp went to lie down to rest before her efforts in the evening and I challenged Mary Cavendish to a single at tennis.

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"That is what I find so difficult, saying something different about everybody." Then she thought that she had said enough about herself, and she asked whether they had come down to join the tennis tournament.

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"But a savage could get a tennis shoe from a drowned or eaten sailor, couldn't hey" she contended.

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The only legitimate attachment to print stuff, I was told, was to print stuff in the form of blouse, tennis, or boating costume.

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As the hour to wait upon the king was not till twelve, he had made a party with Porthos and Aramis to play a game at tennis in a tennis court situated near the stables of the Luxembourg.

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Paul called me from the tennis court, and I dismounted and went over.

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We played tennis, read, and took long walks together.

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The pantry window had been broken by a tennis ball the week before; and Polynesia popped in through the hole in the glass.

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These mysterious articles were followed, however, by others which were more within their, range of comprehension--by a pair of dumb-bells, a purple cricket-bag, a set of golf clubs, and a tennis racket.