dəˈdäⁿ noun
( plural dedans “)
Etymology: French, literally, interior, from Middle French, from dedans, adverb & preposition, within, in, from Old French dedenz, from de of, from (from Latin, from, away) + denz within, in, from Late Latin deintus, from Latin de from, away + intus within, in; akin to Greek entos within, in, Sanskrit antas tya intestines; derivative from a prehistoric Indo-European word represented by Latin in — more at de- , in
1. : an open gallery that is one of the winning openings placed at the service end of the court in court tennis
2. : the spectators at a court-tennis match