Meanings
badminton1
plural badmintons
- uncountableA racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
2012 August 1, Peter Walker, Haroon Siddique, “Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2024Synonyms: badders
- countableA cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
Badminton2
- A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).
- A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
Origin
badminton · noun
Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton.
Full word history & related roots →Badminton · proper noun
- Old EnglishBadimyncgtun“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”
- EnglishBadminton
The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun.
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans pluimbal
- pluimbala racquet sport
Arabic بَدْمِينْتُون, تِنِس اَلرِّيشَة
- بَدْمِينْتُون (badmintūn)a racquet sport
- تِنِس اَلرِّيشَة (tenis ar-rīša)a racquet sport
Bulgarian бадминто́н
- бадминто́н (badmintón)a racquet sport
Catalan bàdminton
- bàdmintona racquet sport
Chinese Cantonese 羽毛球
- 羽毛球 (jyu⁵ mou⁴ kau⁴)a racquet sport
Chinese Mandarin 羽毛球, 巴德明顿
- 羽毛球 (yǔmáoqiú)a racquet sport
- 巴德明顿village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England
Czech badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Danish badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Esperanto badmintono, volanludo
- badmintonoa racquet sport
- volanludoa racquet sport
Estonian sulgpall
- sulgpalla racquet sport
Finnish sulkapallo
- sulkapalloa racquet sport
French badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
German Badminton, Federball
- Badmintona racquet sport
- Federballa racquet sport
Greek αντιπτέριση
- αντιπτέριση (antiptérisi)a racquet sport
Hindi चिड़ी छ्क्का
- चिड़ी छ्क्का (ciṛī chkkā)a racquet sport
Hungarian tollaslabda
- tollaslabdaa racquet sport
Icelandic badminton, hnit
- badmintona racquet sport
- hnita racquet sport
Indonesian bulu tangkis
- bulu tangkisa racquet sport
Italian badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Japanese バドミントン, 羽球
- バドミントン (badominton)a racquet sport
- 羽球 (ukyū)a racquet sport
Korean 배드민턴, 바드민톤
- 배드민턴 (baedeuminteon)a racquet sport
- 바드민톤 (badeuminton)a racquet sport
Latvian badmintons
- badmintonsa racquet sport
Lithuanian badmintonas
- badmintonasa racquet sport
Malay badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Norwegian Bokmål badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Persian بدمینتون, بدمینتون
- بدمینتون (badminton)a racquet sport
- بدمینتونvillage and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England
Polish badminton, Badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
- Badmintonvillage and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England
Portuguese badminton, badmínton
- badmintona racquet sport
- badmíntona racquet sport
Punjabi ਚਿੜੀ-ਛਿੱਕਾ
- ਚਿੜੀ-ਛਿੱਕਾ (ciṛī-chikkā)a racquet sport
Romanian badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Russian бадминто́н
- бадминто́н (badmintón)a racquet sport
Slovak bedminton
- bedmintona racquet sport
Spanish bádminton, volante
- bádmintona racquet sport
- volantea racquet sport
- gallitoa racquet sport
Swedish badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Tagalog badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Thai แบดมินตัน
- แบดมินตัน (bɛ̀t-min-dtân)a racquet sport
Turkish badminton, tüylü top
- badmintona racquet sport
- tüylü topa racquet sport
Ukrainian бадмінто́н
- бадмінто́н (badmintón)a racquet sport
Vietnamese cầu lông
- cầu lônga racquet sport
Welsh badminton
- badmintona racquet sport
Cite this entry
badminton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badminton
“badminton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badminton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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