Badminton

Badminton
Badminton Bad"min*ton, n. [From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.] 1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. [1913 Webster]

2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. [1913 Webster]


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  • Bádminton — Autoridad deportiva Federación Mundial de Bádminton …   Wikipedia Español

  • badminton — [ badmintɔn ] n. m. • 1882; mot angl. , nom d un château ♦ Anglic. Jeu de volant apparenté au tennis. ● badminton nom masculin (mot anglais, de Badminton House) Sport pratiqué sur un court, et qui consiste à se renvoyer, dans les limites de ce… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • badminton —    Badminton is played by a relatively large proportion of the British public, but it has long been in the shadow of tennis and lacks the latter’s media profile, television coverage and finances. However, the sport remains optimistic about its… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • badminton — BÁDMINTON s.n. Joc sportiv asemănător cu tenisul, practicat cu o minge de plută prevăzută cu pene, care se aruncă cu racheta. – Din engl., fr. badminton. Trimis de paula, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  badminton s. n. [pron. engl. bédminton] Trimis… …   Dicționar Român

  • Badminton — Sn (ein wettkampfmäßiges Federballspiel) per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. badminton, so bezeichnet nach Badminton House, dem Landsitz des Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, wo das aus Indien stammende Spiel zuerst… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • bádminton — (Del ingl. badminton, y este de Badminton, lugar donde se practicó por primera vez en Gran Bretaña). m. volante (ǁ juego) …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • badminton — /bæd mintən/, it. /bɛd minton/ s. ingl. [dal toponimo Badminton, nel Gloucestershire, residenza del duca di Beaufort, che diffuse il gioco in Inghilterra], usato in ital. al masch. (sport.) [gioco simile al tennis] ▶◀ volano …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • bádminton — La voz inglesa badminton (‘deporte que se juega con raquetas ligeras’) ha conservado en su adaptación al español la pronunciación esdrújula etimológica, por lo que debe escribirse con tilde. Es incorrecta la grafía ⊕ badmington, que no es ni… …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • badminton — o bádminton sustantivo masculino volante …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • badminton — 1874, from Badminton House, name of Gloucestershire estate of the Duke of Beaufort, where the game first was played in England, mid 19c., having been picked up by British officers from Indian poona. The place name is O.E. Badimyncgtun (972),… …   Etymology dictionary

  • badminton — s. m. Ver badmínton. • Plural: badmintons.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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