badminton
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badminton¹
- /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/
- /ˈbæd.mɪt.ən/
Where it comes from
Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton.
noun badmintons
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A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
Similar: badders
- A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
Badminton²
Where it comes from
The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun.
proper noun
- A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).
- A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: indonesia, yue, thursday, training, sport, plumage, feather, feathers, bitton, batcombe, boddington, almondsbury, badsey, blaisdon, siston, badgeworth
Translations
Every language
noun a racquet sport
| Español | bádminton, volante, gallito |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배드민턴 baedeuminteon |
| 日本語 | バドミントン badominton, 羽球 ukyū |
| 中文 | 羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú |
| हिन्दी | चिड़ी छ्क्का ciṛī chkkā |
| Português | badminton, badmínton |
| Français | badminton |
| Deutsch | Badminton, Federball |
| Italiano | badminton |
| Ελληνικά | αντιπτέριση antiptérisi |
| Română | badminton |
| Русский | бадминто́н badmintón |
| Tiếng Việt | cầu lông |
| العربية | بَدْمِينْتُون badmintūn, تِنِس اَلرِّيشَة tenis ar-rīša |
name village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England
| 中文 | 巴德明顿 |
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title = {badminton},
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