Also means
sneaker (shoe)
Usage Note
Tennis (masculine) refers to the sport, but in informal spoken French des tennis (plural) commonly means 'sneakers' or 'trainers'. The word is borrowed directly from English. Court surfaces — terre battue (clay), gazon (grass) — are common French tennis vocabulary.
Examples
"Il joue au tennis tous les samedis."
Natural Translation
He plays tennis every Saturday.
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