pingpong

See also: ping-pong and ping pong

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penɡpɔnɡ/, [ˈpʰeŋˌpʰʌŋ], [pʰeŋˈpʰʌŋ]

Noun

pingpong c (singular definite pingpongen, not used in plural form)

  1. ping pong, table tennis
  2. ping pong, quick dialogue, repartee

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pingpong n (uncountable)

  1. ping pong, table tennis

Synonyms

Verb

pingpong

  1. inflection of pingpongen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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

Noun

pingpong (usually uncountable, plural pingpongok)

  1. (informal) ping pong
    Synonym: asztalitenisz

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:

labdarúgás ~ futball (football)
ökölvívás ~ boksz (boxing)
kerékpár ~ bicikli (bicycle)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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

Derived terms

Compound words

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)

  1. 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

  1. (sports, informal) ping pong (table tennis)
    Synonyms: (more common) pingis, (not informal) bordtennis

Declension

Declension of pingpong 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative pingpong pingpongen
Genitive pingpongs pingpongens

Derived terms

References

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

Noun

pingpong (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜅ᜔) (sports)

  1. ping pong; table tennis

Further reading

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