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Tennis is masculine in Italian. The article is i, so the full form is i tennis ("tennis").
MASCULINEtennis is the plural of tennis
i tennis — tennis
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How do you say tennis in Italian?
How do you pronounce tennis in Italian?
tennis is pronounced /i ˈtɛnnis/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il tennis è uno sport affascinante che richiede dedizione e allenamento costante.
Tennis is a fascinating sport that requires dedication and constant training.
Ho comprato un nuovo racchettone da tennis perché il vecchio era rotto.
I bought a new tennis racket because the old one was broken.
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Why is it masculine?
Tennis is masculine in Italian (il tennis) because it's a borrowed word from English that follows the default gender for foreign loanwords in Italian, which tend to be treated as masculine when their gender isn't clearly marked. There's no Latin root, as tennis is a modern sport with English origins (possibly from the French "tenez").
What is the Italian word for tennis?
The Italian word for tennis is i tennis — masculine.
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