real tennis

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

real tennis (uncountable)

(retronym) An indoor racket sport from which the modern game of tennis (lawn tennis) is descended.

Synonyms

tennis (archaic terminology, used before the development of lawn tennis)
court tennis
courte paume, court paume
royal tennis
the sport of kings

Translations

racket sport

French: courte-paume (diminutive), jeu de paume (fr) (diminutive), jeu de courte-paume
Italian: racchetta (it) (archaic), pallacorda (it), trincotto, jeu de paume

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