badminton
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Badminton player Peter Gade.
English
Etymology
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
Noun
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
- (sport): badders (UK, informal)
Derived terms
Translations
a racquet sport
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Further reading
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
Etymology
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton m inan
Declension
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
- badminton in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- badminton in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton c
Declension
Declension of badminton
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | badminton | badmintonen | badminton | badmintonene |
| genitive | badmintons | badmintonens | badmintons | badmintonenes |
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈbɛt.mɪnˌtɔn/, /ˈbɛt.mɪnˌtən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bad‧min‧ton
Noun
badminton n (uncountable)
Derived terms
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton n (genitive singular badmintons, uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of badminton (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n3s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | badminton | badmintonið |
| accusative | badminton | badmintonið |
| dative | badmintoni | badmintoninum |
| genitive | badmintons | badmintonsins |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “badminton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.
Noun
badminton m (invariable)
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton (Jawi spelling بدمينتون)
- The sport of badminton.
- Synonym: bulu tangkis (rare)
Further reading
- “badminton” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)
Derived terms
References
- “badminton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)
Derived terms
References
- “badminton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton m animal
Declension
Declension of badminton
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | badminton |
| genitive | badmintona |
| dative | badmintonowi |
| accusative | badmintona |
| instrumental | badmintonem |
| locative | badmintonie |
| vocative | badmintonie |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- badminton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- badminton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bad‧min‧ton
Noun
badminton m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of badmínton
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton or French badminton.
Noun
badminton n (uncountable)
Declension
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
Noun
badminton c
- badminton (sport)
Declension
| Declension of badminton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | badminton | badmintonen | — | — |
| Genitive | badmintons | badmintonens | — | — |
Derived terms
See also
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English badminton.
Pronunciation
Noun
bádmintón or badmintón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
Turkish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.
Pronunciation
Noun
badminton (definite accusative badmintonı, uncountable)
Declension
| 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 |