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badminton

1 [badmintɔn] masculine substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 18.03.2024

Meanings

sportmäng, mida mängitakse reketi ja väikeste sulekestega kaetud lehtrikujulise (plastmass)palliga, viimast reketiga üle võrgu lüües

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Domain games involving movement & games of skill using apparatus
  • kahe mängija või mängijate paari vahel mängitav sportlik ja meelelahutuslik pallimäng, mida mängitakse väljakul (13,41 x 5,18–6,1 m) reketiga lehtrikujulist sulgedega plastpalli üle 1,55 m kõrguse võrgu lüües
  • an indoor racket game played in singles or doubles on a court divided by a five-foot-high net, and with a shuttlecock, made of feathers or nylon
Good to know
  • Badminton first appeared in the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1972 and as an exhibition sport in 1988. At the 1992 Games it became a full-medal Olympic sport, with competition for men’s and women’s singles (one against one) and doubles (two against two). Mixed doubles was introduced at the 1996 Games.
sulgpall
Usage examples
  • Tänapäeval eksisteerib justkui kahte sorti sulgpalli. Ühte neist mängitakse aedades ja piknikel, teist, võistluspordina tuntud sulgpalli, aga spetsiaalsetes sisehallides tehniliselt väga kõrgetasemelise varustusega.
  • Sulgpall on kiireim reketispordiala maailmas: palli kiirus võib ulatuda kuni 330 km/h.
badminton
Usage examples
  • Badminton is the world’s fastest racquet sport. The flight of the shuttlecock, a missile of cork and goose feather that players volley across the net, has been recorded at speeds of 332 kilometres per hour. Speed, agility and lightning-fast reflexes are essential to the game.
Good to know
  • The game is named for Badminton, the country estate of the dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England, where it was first played about 1873.
badminton
masculine
Federball
sulkapallo
бадминтон

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