# tennis
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛnɪs/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnɪs
* Homophone: tenness

### Noun

tennis (usually uncountable, plural tennises)
* (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.”
* (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 […]
* (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.
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):tennis-balls
** 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, […] were familiar to all London.

#### Derived terms

* anti-tennis
* court tennis
* deck tennis
* football tennis
* lawn tennis
* paddle tennis
* padel tennis
* platform tennis
* real tennis
* ring tennis
* royal tennis
* soft tennis
* squash tennis
* table tennis
* table tennis table
* telly tennis
* tennis ball
* tennis bracelet
* tennis club
* tennis court
* tennis dress
* tennis elbow
* tennis player
* tennis polo
* tennis-racket
* tennis racket
* tennis racquet
* tennis shirt
* tennis shoe
* tennis wear
* text tennis
* tonsil tennis
* totem tennis
* wheelchair tennis

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: թենիս (tʻenis)
* → Arabic: تِنِس (tinis)
* → Asturian: tenis
* → Basque: tenis
* → Burmese: တင်းနစ် (tang:nac)
* → Catalan: tennis
* → Czech: tenis
* → Danish: tennis
* → Dutch: tennis
* → Finnish: tennis
* → French: tennis
* → Galician: tenis
* German: Tennis
** → Estonian: tennis
* → Greek: τένις (ténis)
* → Greek: τένις (ténis)
* → Hebrew: טניס (ténis)
* → Hindi: टेनिस (ṭenis)
* → Hungarian: tenisz
* → Icelandic: tennis
* → Italian: tennis
* → Japanese: テニス (tenisu)
* → Korean: 테니스 (teniseu)
* → Latvian: teniss
* → Luxembourgish: Tennis
* → Malay: tenis
* → Northern Kurdish: tenîs
* → Norwegian: tennis
* → Persian: تنیس (tenis)
* → Polish: tenis
* → Portuguese: ténis, tênis (Brazil)
* → Romanian: tenis
* → Russian: те́ннис (ténnis)
** → Kazakh: теннис (tennis)
* → Scottish Gaelic: teanas
* → Serbo-Croatian: ténis / те́нис
* → Slovene: tenis
* → Spanish: tenis
* → Swahili: tenisi
* → Swedish: tennis
* → Telugu: టెన్నిసు (ṭennisu), టెన్నిస్ (ṭennis)
* → Thai: เทนนิส (ten-nít)
* → Turkish: tenis
* → Ukrainian: те́ніс (ténis)
* → Uzbek: tennis
* → Walloon: tenisse
* → Welsh: tennis
* → Yiddish: טעניס (tenis)

#### Translations
### Verb

tennis (third-person singular simple present tennises, present participle tennising, simple past and past participle tennised)
* (intransitive, dated) To play tennis.
* (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

### See also

* table tennis or ping pong

### Anagrams

* innest, nestin, sennit, sinnet, tensin

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* tenis

### Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɛn.nis]

### Noun

tennis m (uncountable)
* tennis

#### Derived terms

* tennista
* tennístic

### Further reading

* “tennis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tennis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “tennis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Danish
### Etymology

From English tennis.

### Noun

tennis c (definite singular tennissen or tennisen)
* (uncountable, sports) tennis

#### Derived terms

* tennisbane
* tennisbold
* tennisketsjer

### Further reading

* “tennis” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tennis.

#### Noun

tennis n (uncountable)
* tennis (sport)

##### Derived terms

* rolstoeltennis
* tafeltennis
* tennisarm
* tennisbaan
* tennisnet
* tennisracket
* tennissen
* tennisspeelster
* tennisspeler
* tennisveld

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tennis
* inflection of tennissen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* intens

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Tennis.

### Noun

tennis (genitive tennise, partitive tennist)
* tennis

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English tennis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtenːis/, [ˈt̪e̞nːis̠]
* Rhymes: -enːis
* Hyphenation: ten‧nis

### Noun

tennis
* tennis

#### Declension

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
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenniksemme
tenniksemme
accusative
nom.
tenniksemme
tenniksemme
gen.
tenniksemme
genitive
tenniksemme
tennistemme tenniksiemme
partitive
tennistämme
tenniksiämme
inessive
tenniksessämme
tenniksissämme
elative
tenniksestämme
tenniksistämme
illative
tennikseemme
tenniksiimme
adessive
tenniksellämme
tenniksillämme
ablative
tennikseltämme
tenniksiltämme
allative
tenniksellemme
tenniksillemme
essive
tenniksenämme
tenniksinämme
translative
tennikseksemme
tenniksiksemme
abessive
tenniksettämme
tenniksittämme
instructive
comitative
—tenniksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenniksenne
tenniksenne
accusative
nom.
tenniksenne
tenniksenne
gen.
tenniksenne
genitive
tenniksenne
tennistenne tenniksienne
partitive
tennistänne
tenniksiänne
inessive
tenniksessänne
tenniksissänne
elative
tenniksestänne
tenniksistänne
illative
tennikseenne
tenniksiinne
adessive
tenniksellänne
tenniksillänne
ablative
tennikseltänne
tenniksiltänne
allative
tenniksellenne
tenniksillenne
essive
tenniksenänne
tenniksinänne
translative
tennikseksenne
tenniksiksenne
abessive
tenniksettänne
tenniksittänne
instructive
comitative
—tenniksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tenniksensä
tenniksensä
accusative
nom.
tenniksensä
tenniksensä
gen.
tenniksensä
genitive
tenniksensä
tennistensä tenniksiensä
partitive
tennistään tennistänsä
tenniksiään tenniksiänsä
inessive
tenniksessään tenniksessänsä
tenniksissään tenniksissänsä
elative
tenniksestään tenniksestänsä
tenniksistään tenniksistänsä
illative
tennikseensä
tenniksiinsä
adessive
tenniksellään tenniksellänsä
tenniksillään tenniksillänsä
ablative
tennikseltään tennikseltänsä
tenniksiltään tenniksiltänsä
allative
tennikselleen tenniksellensä
tenniksilleen tenniksillensä
essive
tenniksenään tenniksenänsä
tenniksinään tenniksinänsä
translative
tenniksekseen tennikseksensä
tenniksikseen tenniksiksensä
abessive
tenniksettään tenniksettänsä
tenniksittään tenniksittänsä
instructive
comitative
—tenniksineen tenniksinensä :

#### Synonyms

* verkkopallo (dated)

#### Derived terms

* minitennis
* pyörätuolitennis
* pöytätennis
* salkotennis
* tenniksenopettaja
* tenniksenpelaaja
* tennisasu
* tennishalli
* tenniskenkä
* tenniskenttä
* tenniskyynärpää
* tennismaila
* tennisottelu
* tennispaita
* tennispallo
* tennispelaaja
* tennissukka
* tennistossu
* tennistunti
* tennisturnaus

### Further reading

* “tennis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛ.nis/ ~ /te.nis/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tennis m (plural tennis)
* (usually uncountable, sports) tennis
* (countable, Europe, dated) sneaker

#### Derived terms

* tennis de table

#### Descendants

* → Persian: تنیس (tenis)

### Further reading

* “tennis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰɛnːɪs/
* Rhymes: -ɛnːɪs

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* tennisolnbogi
* tennisspaði

### Anagrams

* steinn

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tennis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛn.nis/
* Rhymes: -ɛnnis
* Hyphenation: tèn‧nis

### Noun

tennis m (invariable)
* tennis

#### Related terms

* tennistavolo
* tennista
* tennistico

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

tennis m (definite singular tennisen) (uncountable)
* (sports) tennis

#### Derived terms

* bordtennis
* tennisbane
* tennisspiller

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

tennis m (definite singular tennisen) (uncountable)
* (sports) tennis

#### Derived terms

* bordtennis
* tennisbane

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tennis c
* (uncountable, sports) tennis

#### Derived terms

* tennisarmbåge
* tennisbana
* tennisboll
* tennismatch
* tennisracket
* tennisspelare

### References

* tennis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tennis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tennis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* nitens, sinnet

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English tennis.

### Noun

tennis m or f (uncountable)
* tennis

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* 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