tennis
ten‧nis S3 W3 /ˈtenəs, ˈtenɪs/
noun [uncountable]
ten‧nis S3 W3 /ˈtenəs, ˈtenɪs/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from Anglo-French tenetz! 'take!, receive!' (as called out by the player first hitting the ball in tennis), from tenir; ⇨ tenant
a game for two people or two pairs of people who use rackets to hit a small soft ball backwards and forwards over a net
Origin: Probably from Anglo-French tenetz! 'take!, receive!' (as called out by the player first hitting the ball in tennis), from tenir; ⇨ tenant