pingpong
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English ping pong.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penɡpɔnɡ/, [ˈpʰeŋˌpʰʌŋ], [pʰeŋˈpʰʌŋ]
Noun
pingpong c (singular definite pingpongen, not used in plural form)
- ping pong, table tennis
- ping pong, quick dialogue, repartee
Synonyms
- (table tennis): bordtennis
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English ping pong.
Pronunciation
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Noun
pingpong n (uncountable)
- ping pong, table tennis
Synonyms
- (table tennis): tafeltennis
Verb
pingpong
- first-person singular present indicative of pingpongen
- imperative of pingpongen
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)
- (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
- pingpongasztal
- pingpongháló
- pingponglabda
- pingpongozik
- pingpongütő
Further reading
- pingpong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpinkponk]
Noun
pingpong m (genitive singular pingpongu, nominative plural pingpongy, genitive plural pingpongov, declension pattern of dub)
- ping pong, table tennis
- Synonym: stolný tenis
References
- pingpong in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
Noun
pingpong c
- (sports) table tennis
Declension
| Declension of pingpong | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | pingpong | pingpongen | — | — |
| Genitive | pingpongs | pingpongens | — | — |
Synonyms
- pingis
- bordtennis