Phrase guide

table tennis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball with rackets (called paddles, or bats in Britain) across a table fashioned like a miniature tennis court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ping pong, flim-flam, whiff-whaff, gossima

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ping-Pong

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table game

History

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Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tafeltennis — game similar to tennis
  • Albanian: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Arabic: بِينْغ بُونْغ (bīnḡ būnḡ) — game similar to tennis
  • Arabic: كُرَة طَاوِلَة (kurat ṭāwila) — game similar to tennis
  • Arabic: تَنِس طَاوِلَة (tanis ṭāwila) — game similar to tennis
  • Armenian: սեղանի թենիս (seġani tʻenis) — game similar to tennis
  • Azerbaijani: stolüstü tennis — game similar to tennis
  • Azerbaijani: pinq-ponq — game similar to tennis
  • Belarusian: насто́льны тэ́ніс (nastólʹny ténis) — game similar to tennis
  • Belarusian: пінг-по́нг (pinh-pónh) — game similar to tennis
  • Bengali: টেবিল টেনিস (ṭebil ṭeniś) — game similar to tennis
  • Bulgarian: те́нис на ма́са (ténis na mása) — game similar to tennis
  • Bulgarian: пинг-понг (ping-pong) — game similar to tennis
  • Burmese: စားပွဲတင်တင်းနစ် (ca:pwai:tangtang:nac) — game similar to tennis
  • Burmese: ပင်ပေါင် (pangpaung) — game similar to tennis
  • Catalan: tennis de taula — game similar to tennis
  • Catalan: ping-pong — game similar to tennis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乒乓波 (bing1 bam1 bo1) — game similar to tennis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乒乓球 (pīngpangqiú) — game similar to tennis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桌球 (zhuōqiú) — game similar to tennis
  • Czech: stolní tenis — game similar to tennis
  • Danish: bordtennis — game similar to tennis
  • Danish: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Dutch: tafeltennis — game similar to tennis
  • Dutch: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Esperanto: tabloteniso — game similar to tennis
  • Estonian: lauatennis — game similar to tennis
  • Finnish: pöytätennis — game similar to tennis
  • Finnish: pingis — game similar to tennis
  • French: tennis de table — game similar to tennis
  • French: ping-pong — game similar to tennis
  • Galician: tenis de mesa — game similar to tennis
  • Galician: pimpón — game similar to tennis
  • Georgian: მაგიდის ჩოგბურთი (magidis čogburti) — game similar to tennis
  • German: Tischtennis — game similar to tennis
  • German: Pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Greek: επιτραπέζια αντισφαίριση (epitrapézia antisfaírisi) — game similar to tennis
  • Greek: πινγκ πονγκ (pingk pongk) — game similar to tennis
  • Hebrew: טֶנִיס שׁוּלְחָן (ténis shulkhán) — game similar to tennis
  • Hebrew: פִּינְג פּוֹנְג (ping pong) — game similar to tennis
  • Hindi: पिंग पोंग (piṅg poṅg) — game similar to tennis
  • Hindi: टेबल टेनिस (ṭebal ṭenis) — game similar to tennis
  • Hungarian: asztalitenisz — game similar to tennis
  • Hungarian: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Icelandic: borðtennis — game similar to tennis
  • Indonesian: tenis meja — game similar to tennis
  • Irish: ping pang — game similar to tennis
  • Italian: tennistavolo — game similar to tennis
  • Italian: ping-pong — game similar to tennis
  • Italian: ping pong — game similar to tennis
  • Japanese: 卓球 (takkyū) — game similar to tennis
  • Japanese: ピンポン (pinpon) — game similar to tennis
  • Kazakh: үстел теннисі (üstel tennisı) — game similar to tennis
  • Khmer: ប៉េងប៉ុង (peengpong) — game similar to tennis
  • Khmer: ពីងប៉ុង (piingpong) — game similar to tennis
  • Khmer: ប៉េងប៉ោង (peengpaong) — game similar to tennis
  • Khmer: កូនឃ្លីលើតុ (koon klii lǝǝ tok) — game similar to tennis
  • Korean: 탁구 (takgu) — game similar to tennis
  • Korean: 핑퐁 (pingpong) — game similar to tennis
  • Lao: ປິງປ່ອງ (ping pǭng) — game similar to tennis
  • Latvian: galda teniss — game similar to tennis
  • Lithuanian: stalo tenisas — game similar to tennis
  • Macedonian: пи́нг-понг (píng-pong) — game similar to tennis
  • Malay: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Maltese: tejbiltenis — game similar to tennis
  • Maltese: ping-pong — game similar to tennis
  • Mongolian: ширээний теннис (šireenii tennis) — game similar to tennis
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thīngnōi sīuh-îe — game similar to tennis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bordtennis — game similar to tennis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Persian: پینگ پنگ (ping pong) — game similar to tennis
  • Polish: tenis stołowy — game similar to tennis
  • Polish: ping-pong — game similar to tennis
  • Portuguese: tênis de mesa — game similar to tennis
  • Portuguese: pingue-pongue — game similar to tennis
  • Romanian: tenis de masă — game similar to tennis
  • Russian: насто́льный те́ннис (nastólʹnyj tɛ́nnis) — game similar to tennis
  • Russian: пинг-по́нг (ping-póng) — game similar to tennis
  • Scottish Gaelic: teanas-bùird — game similar to tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: стони тенис — game similar to tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: столни тенис — game similar to tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: пинг понг — game similar to tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: stoni tenis — game similar to tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: stolni tenis — game similar to tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: ping pong — game similar to tennis
  • Sinhalese: මේස පන්දු (mēsa pandu) — game similar to tennis
  • Slovak: stolný tenis — game similar to tennis
  • Slovene: namizni tenis — game similar to tennis
  • Spanish: tenis de mesa — game similar to tennis
  • Swedish: bordtennis — game similar to tennis
  • Swedish: pingis — game similar to tennis
  • Swedish: pingpong — game similar to tennis
  • Tamil: மேசைப்பந்தாட்டம் (mēcaippantāṭṭam) — game similar to tennis
  • Thai: ปิงปอง (bping-bpɔng) — game similar to tennis
  • Thai: เทเบิลเทนนิส (tee-bə̂l-ten-nís) — game similar to tennis
  • Tibetan: པིང་པང (ping pang) — game similar to tennis
  • Turkish: masa tenisi — game similar to tennis
  • Ukrainian: насті́льний те́ніс (nastílʹnyj ténis) — game similar to tennis
  • Ukrainian: пінг-по́нг (pinh-pónh) — game similar to tennis
  • Urdu: ٹیبل ٹینس (ṭebal ṭenis) — game similar to tennis
  • Vietnamese: bóng bàn — game similar to tennis
  • Welsh: tennis bwrdd — game similar to tennis
  • Yakut: остуол тенниһэ (ostuol tennihe) — game similar to tennis