tennis
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tennis¹
- /ˈtɛn.ɪs/
- /ˈtɛn.ɪs/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈten.ɪs/ Australia
- /ˈten.əs/ New Zealand
Sounds like tenness · Rhymes with -ɛnɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
noun tennises
- A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. “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.”
- A match in this sport. We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]
- 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. tennis-balls
verb tennises · tennising · tennised
- To play tennis.
- To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball. they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them
Tennis²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lawn tennis, volleyball, championship, tournament, arena, ball, open, game, striker, lawn, cup, australian, championships, real tennis, royal tennis, soft tennis
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noun sport played by two or four players with strung racquets
| Español | tenis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 테니스 teniseu, 정구 jeonggu |
| 日本語 | テニス tenisu, 庭球 teikyū |
| 中文 | 網球 /网球 wǎngqiú |
| हिन्दी | टेनिस ṭenis |
| Kiswahili | tenisi |
| Português | tênis, ténis |
| Français | tennis |
| Deutsch | Tennis |
| Italiano | tennis |
| Ελληνικά | αντισφαίριση antisfaírisi, τένις ténis |
| Română | tenis |
| Русский | те́ннис tɛ́nnis |
| Tiếng Việt | quần vợt, ten-nít |
| العربية | تَنِس tanis, تِنِس tinis, كُرَةُ المَضْرِب kuratu l-maḍrib |
| עברית | טֶנִיס ténis |
Talk about this word "tennis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tennis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tennis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tennis "tennis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tennis.Cite this
@misc{tennis_2026,
title = {tennis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tennis},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
