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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