"real tennis" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} real tennis (uncountable)
  1. (retronym) an indoor racket sport from which the modern game of tennis (lawn tennis) is descended Wikipedia link: real tennis Tags: retronym, uncountable Categories (topical): Tennis Synonyms: tennis (english: archaic terminology, used before the development of lawn tennis), court tennis, courte paume, court paume, royal tennis, the sport of kings Translations (racket sport): courte-paume [diminutive] (French), jeu de paume [diminutive] (French), jeu de courte-paume (French), racchetta [archaic] (Italian), pallacorda (Italian), trincotto (Italian), jeu de paume (Italian)

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