"soft tennis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Calque of Japanese ソフトテニス (sofuto tenisu), from English soft + tennis. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|ja|ソフトテニス|tr=sofuto tenisu}} Calque of Japanese ソフトテニス (sofuto tenisu), {{der|en|en|-}} English, {{com|en|soft|tennis}} soft + tennis Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} soft tennis (uncountable)
  1. (sports) A variant of tennis, developed in Japan, differing in the tennis ball used, from regular tennis (lawn tennis), having a softer rubber ball. Wikipedia link: soft tennis Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Related terms: tennis, royal tennis, lawn tennis, tennis ball Translations (variant of tennis): soft tennis [masculine] (Italian), ソフトテニス (sofutotenisu) (Japanese), ソフテニ (sofuteni) (Japanese)
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