badminton

Etymology

Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/

Noun

badminton (uncountable)

1. 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.
2. A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.

Noun

badminton m

1. badminton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /badməntɔn/, [ˈb̥ad̥məntˢʌn]

Noun

badminton c

1. badminton

References

• “badminton” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From English badminton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpat.mɪn.tʰɔn]

Noun

badminton n (genitive singular badmintons, uncountable)

1. badminton

Etymology

From English badminton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bad.min.tɔn/

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Noun

badminton m (uncountable)

1. badminton

Further reading

• “badminton” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

badminton m (invariable)

1. badminton

Etymology

From English badminton

Noun

badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)

1. (sports) badminton

References

• “badminton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From English badminton

Noun

badminton m (definite singular badmintonen, uncountable)

1. (sports) badminton

References

• “badminton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• badmínton

Noun

badminton m (invariable)

1. badminton

Etymology

Borrowed from English badminton.

Noun

bádmintón, badmintón

1. badminton