Phrase guide

tennis court

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the court on which tennis is played

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: court

History

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tennisbaan — surface on which tennis is played
  • Arabic: مَلْعَب التِّنِس (malʕab at-tinis) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Armenian: կորտ (kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Armenian: թենիսի կորտ (tʻenisi kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Belarusian: тэ́нісны корт (ténisny kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Belarusian: корт (kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Bulgarian: те́нис корт (ténis kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Catalan: pista de tennis — surface on which tennis is played
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網球場 /网球场 (wǎngqiúchǎng) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Cornish: tennisva — surface on which tennis is played
  • Danish: tennisbane — surface on which tennis is played
  • Dutch: tennisbaan — surface on which tennis is played
  • Dutch: tennisveld — surface on which tennis is played
  • Esperanto: tenisejo — surface on which tennis is played
  • Estonian: tenniseväljak — surface on which tennis is played
  • Finnish: tenniskenttä — surface on which tennis is played
  • French: court de tennis — surface on which tennis is played
  • German: Tennisplatz — surface on which tennis is played
  • Hungarian: teniszpálya — surface on which tennis is played
  • Icelandic: tennisvöllur — surface on which tennis is played
  • Irish: cúirt leadóige — surface on which tennis is played
  • Italian: campo da tennis — surface on which tennis is played
  • Japanese: テニスコート (tenisu kōto) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Japanese: テニス場 (tenisujō) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Korean: 테니스 코트 (teniseu koteu) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Korean: 테니스장 (teniseujang) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Māori: papa purei tēnehi — surface on which tennis is played
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tennisbane — surface on which tennis is played
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tennisbane — surface on which tennis is played
  • Portuguese: quadra de ténis/tênis — surface on which tennis is played
  • Russian: те́ннисный корт (tɛ́nnisnyj kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Russian: корт (kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Spanish: cancha de tenis — surface on which tennis is played
  • Spanish: pista de tenis — surface on which tennis is played
  • Swedish: tennisbana — surface on which tennis is played
  • Tagalog: laruan ng tenis — surface on which tennis is played
  • Turkish: tenis kortu — surface on which tennis is played
  • Ukrainian: те́нісний корт (ténisnyj kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Ukrainian: корт (kort) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Urdu: گیند خانہ (gend xāna) — surface on which tennis is played
  • Vietnamese: sân quần vợt — surface on which tennis is played
  • Welsh: cwrt tennis — surface on which tennis is played