badminton
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton (countable and uncountable, plural badmintons)
- (uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
- (countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
Synonyms edit
- (sport): badders (UK, informal)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a racquet sport
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Further reading edit
badminton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:badminton on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mills, A.D., A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton m inan
Declension edit
Declension of badminton (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | badminton | badmintony |
| genitive | badmintonu | badmintonů |
| dative | badmintonu | badmintonům |
| accusative | badminton | badmintony |
| vocative | badmintone | badmintony |
| locative | badmintonu | badmintonech |
| instrumental | badmintonem | badmintony |
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton c
Declension edit
Declension of badminton
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | badminton | badmintonen | badminton | badmintonene |
| genitive | badmintons | badmintonens | badmintons | badmintonenes |
References edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈbɛt.mɪnˌtɔn/, /ˈbɛt.mɪnˌtən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bad‧min‧ton
Noun edit
badminton n (uncountable)
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Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton n (genitive singular badmintons, uncountable)
Declension edit
| Declension of badminton (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n3s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | badminton | badmintonið |
| accusative | badminton | badmintonið |
| dative | badmintoni | badmintoninum |
| genitive | badmintons | badmintonsins |
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “badminton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.
Noun edit
badminton m (invariable)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton (Jawi spelling بدمينتون)
- The sport of badminton.
- Synonym: bulu tangkis (rare)
Further reading edit
- “badminton” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “badminton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “badminton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton m animal
Declension edit
Declension of badminton
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | badminton |
| genitive | badmintona |
| dative | badmintonowi |
| accusative | badmintona |
| instrumental | badmintonem |
| locative | badmintonie |
| vocative | badmintonie |
Derived terms edit
adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bad‧min‧ton
Noun edit
badminton m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of badmínton
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton or French badminton.
Noun edit
badminton n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of badminton (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) badminton | badmintonul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) badminton | badmintonului |
| vocative | badmintonule | |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
badminton c
- badminton (sport)
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| Declension of badminton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | badminton | badmintonen | — | — |
| Genitive | badmintons | badmintonens | — | — |
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See also edit
References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bádmintón or badmintón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
badminton (definite accusative badmintonı, uncountable)
Declension edit
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | badminton | |
| Definite accusative | badmintonı | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | badminton | badmintonlar |
| Definite accusative | badmintonı | badmintonları |
| Dative | badmintona | badmintonlara |
| Locative | badmintonda | badmintonlarda |
| Ablative | badmintondan | badmintonlardan |
| Genitive | badmintonın | badmintonların |