Meanings
nountable tennis (uncountable)
- uncountableA game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball with rackets (called paddles, or bats in Britain) across a table fashioned like a miniature tennis court.
An AI-powered robot has beaten elite players at table tennis in a landmark achievement for a machine faced with a human athlete in a real-world competitive sport.
2026 April 22, Ian Sample, “AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: ping pong, flim-flam, whiff-whaff, gossima
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball with rackets (called paddles, or bats in Britain) across a table fashioned like a miniature tennis court.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
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Translations
Afrikaans tafeltennis
- tafeltennisgame similar to tennis
Arabic بِينْغ بُونْغ, كُرَة طَاوِلَة
- بِينْغ بُونْغ (bīnḡ būnḡ)game similar to tennis
- كُرَة طَاوِلَة (kurat ṭāwila)game similar to tennis
- تَنِس طَاوِلَة (tanis ṭāwila)game similar to tennis
Bengali টেবিল টেনিস
- টেবিল টেনিস (ṭebil ṭeniś)game similar to tennis
Bulgarian те́нис на ма́са, пинг-понг
- те́нис на ма́са (ténis na mása)game similar to tennis
- пинг-понг (ping-pong)game similar to tennis
Catalan tennis de taula, ping-pong
- tennis de taulagame similar to tennis
- ping-ponggame similar to tennis
Chinese Cantonese 乒乓波
- 乒乓波 (bing¹ bam¹ bo¹)game similar to tennis
Chinese Mandarin 乒乓球, 桌球
- 乒乓球 (pīngpangqiú)game similar to tennis
- 桌球 (zhuōqiú)game similar to tennis
Czech stolní tenis
- stolní tenisgame similar to tennis
Danish bordtennis, pingpong
- bordtennisgame similar to tennis
- pingponggame similar to tennis
Dutch tafeltennis, pingpong
- tafeltennisgame similar to tennis
- pingponggame similar to tennis
Esperanto tabloteniso
- tablotenisogame similar to tennis
Estonian lauatennis
- lauatennisgame similar to tennis
Finnish pöytätennis, pingis
- pöytätennisgame similar to tennis
- pingisgame similar to tennis
French tennis de table, ping-pong
- tennis de tablegame similar to tennis
- ping-ponggame similar to tennis
German Tischtennis, Pingpong
- Tischtennisgame similar to tennis
- Pingponggame similar to tennis
Greek επιτραπέζια αντισφαίριση, πινγκ πονγκ
- επιτραπέζια αντισφαίριση (epitrapézia antisfaírisi)game similar to tennis
- πινγκ πονγκ (pingk pongk)game similar to tennis
Hebrew טֶנִיס שׁוּלְחָן, פִּינְג פּוֹנְג
- טֶנִיס שׁוּלְחָן (ténis shulkhán)game similar to tennis
- פִּינְג פּוֹנְג (ping pong)game similar to tennis
Hindi पिंग पोंग, टेबल टेनिस
- पिंग पोंग (piṅg poṅg)game similar to tennis
- टेबल टेनिस (ṭebal ṭenis)game similar to tennis
Hungarian asztalitenisz, pingpong
- asztaliteniszgame similar to tennis
- pingponggame similar to tennis
Icelandic borðtennis
- borðtennisgame similar to tennis
Indonesian tenis meja
- tenis mejagame similar to tennis
Irish ping pang
- ping panggame similar to tennis
Italian tennistavolo, ping-pong
- tennistavologame similar to tennis
- ping-ponggame similar to tennis
- ping ponggame similar to tennis
Japanese 卓球, ピンポン
- 卓球 (takkyū)game similar to tennis
- ピンポン (pinpon)game similar to tennis
Korean 탁구, 핑퐁
- 탁구 (takgu)game similar to tennis
- 핑퐁 (pingpong)game similar to tennis
Latvian galda teniss
- galda tenissgame similar to tennis
Lithuanian stalo tenisas
- stalo tenisasgame similar to tennis
Malay pingpong
- pingponggame similar to tennis
Norwegian Bokmål bordtennis, pingpong
- bordtennisgame similar to tennis
- pingponggame similar to tennis
Persian پینگ پنگ
- پینگ پنگ (ping pong)game similar to tennis
Polish tenis stołowy, ping-pong
- tenis stołowygame similar to tennis
- ping-ponggame similar to tennis
Portuguese tênis de mesa, pingue-pongue
- tênis de mesagame similar to tennis
- pingue-ponguegame similar to tennis
Romanian tenis de masă
- tenis de masăgame similar to tennis
Russian насто́льный те́ннис, пинг-по́нг
- насто́льный те́ннис (nastólʹnyj tɛ́nnis)game similar to tennis
- пинг-по́нг (ping-póng)game similar to tennis
Scottish Gaelic teanas-bùird
- teanas-bùirdgame similar to tennis
Slovak stolný tenis
- stolný tenisgame similar to tennis
Spanish tenis de mesa
- tenis de mesagame similar to tennis
Swedish bordtennis, pingis
- bordtennisgame similar to tennis
- pingisgame similar to tennis
- pingponggame similar to tennis
Tamil மேசைப்பந்தாட்டம்
- மேசைப்பந்தாட்டம் (mēcaippantāṭṭam)game similar to tennis
Thai ปิงปอง, เทเบิลเทนนิส
- ปิงปอง (bping-bpɔng)game similar to tennis
- เทเบิลเทนนิส (tee-bə̂l-ten-nís)game similar to tennis
Turkish masa tenisi
- masa tenisigame similar to tennis
Ukrainian насті́льний те́ніс, пінг-по́нг
- насті́льний те́ніс (nastílʹnyj ténis)game similar to tennis
- пінг-по́нг (pinh-pónh)game similar to tennis
Urdu ٹیبل ٹینس
- ٹیبل ٹینس (ṭebal ṭenis)game similar to tennis
Vietnamese bóng bàn
- bóng bàngame similar to tennis
Welsh tennis bwrdd
- tennis bwrddgame similar to tennis
Cite this entry
APA
table tennis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20tennis
MLA
“table tennis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20tennis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “table tennis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20tennis.
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