lawn-tennis

\lon.tɛ.nis\

/\lon.tɛ.nis\/ noun

The verdict

“lawn-tennis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de tennis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lawn-tennis · lawn-tennis · French

lawn-tennis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for lawn-tennis
PropertyValue
Headwordlawn-tennis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lon.tɛ.nis\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lawn-tennis » en français

lawn-tennissiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lawn-tennis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lon.tɛ.nis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de tennis.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lawn-tennis, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lawn-tennis, spelled L-A-W-N---T-E-N-N-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de tennis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lawn-tennis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La villa Beauséjour à Fontenay était en fête avant-hier. La comtesse de Montigny avait convié toutes ses amies à l’inauguration de la partie de lawn-tennis qu’elle vient d’installer dans son parc. Parmi les raquettes les plus habiles, citons la princesse de Sagan, la comtesse de Cambières, Mme de Lagarde, Mme Thompson et miss Leardey.
  2. Toutes les classes de la société ont leurs plaisirs : les petits rentiers de province s’adonnent au jeu de boules et au tonneau ; les commis voyageurs, sensibles aux attractions du rams, lui sacrifient les intérêts de leurs patrons ; le lawn-tennis et le polo font les délices du high-life à pied et du high-life à cheval.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lawn-tennis"?
"lawn-tennis" is spelled L-A-W-N---T-E-N-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lon.tɛ.nis\.
What does "lawn-tennis" mean?
As a noun, "lawn-tennis" means: Synonyme de tennis.
How do you pronounce "lawn-tennis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lawn-tennis" is \lon.tɛ.nis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lawn-tennis" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list