TENNIS


Meaning of TENNIS in English

/ ˈtenɪs; NAmE / (also formal ˌlawn ˈtennis ) noun

[ U ] a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court :

to play tennis

a tennis player / tournament / club / court

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English tenetz , tenes real tennis , apparently from Old French tenez take, receive (called by the server to an opponent), imperative of tenir .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.