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Added 9 October 2026

tennis

/ˈtɛnɪs/ noun

In Latin: tenisia Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tennis at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court.

Origin

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

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