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Translation

tennis

Word origin

From English tennis, which itself goes back to French tenez ('take, hold'), the call a server made before striking the ball in the old game of real tennis, from the verb tenir ('to hold').

Origin
English, from French
Root
tenez
English cognates
tennis, tenant

Examples

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We play tennis every week in the park.

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She is very good at tennis.

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The children learn tennis at school.

Like other sports it takes the accusative when you play it: . The person who plays is a o.

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This word is part of lesson 27.