dedans

[ duh-dahn ]

noun,plural de·dans [duh-dahn]. /dəˈdɑ̃/. (used with a singular verb)Court Tennis.
  1. a netted winning opening of rectangular shape at the service side of the court.: Compare grille (def. 5), winning gallery.

  2. the body of spectators behind this opening at a court-tennis match.

Origin of dedans

1
1700–10; <French: (the) inside, Middle French (adv. and preposition), Old French dedenz, equivalent to de of (<Latin ) + denz in (<Late Latin deintus, equivalent to Latin dē-de- + intus inside (adv.))

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dedans

/ French (dədɑ̃) /


noun
  1. real tennis the open gallery at the server's end of the court

Origin of dedans

1
literally: interior

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