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Meaning of Badminton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbæd.mɪn.tən

Definitions

  1. A 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.
  2. A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).
  3. A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
  4. A community in the Glyncoed area, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales.

Equivalents

Afrikaans pluimbal
Беларуская бадмінтон
Català bàdminton
Čeština badminton
Français Badminton
Galego bádminton
हिन्दी बैडमिंटन
Magyar tollaslabda
Հայերեն բադմինտոն
Bahasa Indonesia bulu tangkis
Íslenska hnit
Italiano badminton
Lietuvių badmintonas
Latviešu badmintons
Македонски бадминтон
Bahasa Melayu badminton
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਚਿੜੀ-ਛਿੱਕਾ
Polski badminton
Português badminton
Русский бадминтон
Slovenčina bedminton
Svenska badminton
Tagalog badminton
Türkçe badminton
Tiếng Việt cầu lông vũ cầu

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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