pingpong
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penɡpɔnɡ/, [ˈpʰeŋˌpʰʌŋ], [pʰeŋˈpʰʌŋ]
Noun
pingpong c (singular definite pingpongen, not used in plural form)
Synonyms
- (table tennis): bordtennis
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English ping pong, of onomatopoeic origin, trademarked by British sports and game equipment manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpimpoŋɡ]
- Hyphenation: ping‧pong
- Rhymes: -oŋɡ
Usage notes
Pingpong and asztalitenisz are synonyms for table tennis. However, pingpong is used more often in the spoken language and in informal situations and it may also refer to the everyday version of the sport that anyone can play while asztalitenisz means the professional version played by athletes. *Ping-pong with a hyphen is incorrect spelling in all derivations.
The same distinction appears in other pairs of sports-related terms (see below), where in all cases the native term (first column) is the one used in professional or official contexts, and the borrowed one (second column) is to some varying degree colloquial:
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pingpong | pingpongok |
accusative | pingpongot | pingpongokat |
dative | pingpongnak | pingpongoknak |
instrumental | pingponggal | pingpongokkal |
causal-final | pingpongért | pingpongokért |
translative | pingponggá | pingpongokká |
terminative | pingpongig | pingpongokig |
essive-formal | pingpongként | pingpongokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | pingpongban | pingpongokban |
superessive | pingpongon | pingpongokon |
adessive | pingpongnál | pingpongoknál |
illative | pingpongba | pingpongokba |
sublative | pingpongra | pingpongokra |
allative | pingponghoz | pingpongokhoz |
elative | pingpongból | pingpongokból |
delative | pingpongról | pingpongokról |
ablative | pingpongtól | pingpongoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
pingpongé | pingpongoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
pingpongéi | pingpongokéi |
Possessive forms of pingpong | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | pingpongom | pingpongjaim |
2nd person sing. | pingpongod | pingpongjaid |
3rd person sing. | pingpongja | pingpongjai |
1st person plural | pingpongunk | pingpongjaink |
2nd person plural | pingpongotok | pingpongjaitok |
3rd person plural | pingpongjuk | pingpongjaik |
Further reading
- pingpong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpinkpɔnk]
Noun
pingpong m inan (genitive singular pingpongu, nominative plural pingpongy, genitive plural pingpongov, declension pattern of dub)
- ping pong, table tennis
- Synonym: stolný tenis
References
- “pingpong”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Noun
pingpong c
- (sports, informal) ping pong (table tennis)
- Synonyms: (more common) pingis, (not informal) bordtennis
Declension
Declension of pingpong | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | pingpong | pingpongen | — | — |
Genitive | pingpongs | pingpongens | — | — |
Derived terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English ping pong, a genericized trademark of onomatopoeic origin. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpiŋpoŋ/ [ˈpim.poŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋpoŋ
- Syllabification: ping‧pong
Further reading
- “pingpong” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “pingpong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018