It is believe that the word "tennis" is derived from the French word, "tenir", meaning "to take heed". It is thought that early French tennis players would warn their opponents of a serve coming by yelling "tenez" (prounounced, "ten-AY"; i.e., "take heed, you!"), in a manner similar to a golfer's warning of "fore" before hitting the Golf ball. Refer to the link, below, for further information.
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Tennis
The end of the game.
Another word for a tennis game is a match.
There are 2 syllables in the word "tennis."
The French word for Tennis is the same as in English: (le) tennis.
The word tennis has two syllables. Ten-nis.
In tennis, "love" is the same as zero points. L'oeuf is the French word for egg (the shape of which is a bit like a 0). It is said that this is what was called out and over time people thought that the word was love.
There is no abriviation for tennis it is a short enough word.
Love means "0" (zero) in tennis. The word "love", itself, one is an Anglicized, misheard, interpretation of the French word "l'oeuf" (pronounced "loff" or "luff"), which means "the egg", as used in the sports term, "goose egg", meaning "nothing".
You probably mean "Lawn" tennis. Lawn tennis is simply tennis played on a grass court.
the French use the same word, tennis.