badminton
A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players or two opposing…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.
» Playing badminton is a lot of fun.
Играть в бадминтон очень весело.
Грати в бадмінтон дуже весело.
Meaning
2 senses(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.
Badminton, Federball
бадминто́нbadmintón
бадмінто́нbadmintón
a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
(countable)A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
Examples
62 sentencesPlaying badminton is a lot of fun.
Грати в бадмінтон дуже весело.
ruИграть в бадминтон очень весело.
Tom plays badminton with Mary.
Том грає в бадмінтон із Мері.
I'm gradually getting better at badminton.
Do you like to play badminton?
Tom doesn't know anything about badminton.
Translations
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Origin
Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, wNamed 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.
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Forms
plural: badmintons| Singular | badminton |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- play badminton
- to play badminton
- playing badminton