Table tennis in other Languages
The sport we know as table tennis is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for table tennis in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for table tennis in each of these languages. Many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of table tennis or its other common name ping-pong.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of table tennis |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Tafeltennis |
| Albanian | Pingpong |
| Arabic | كرة الطاولة |
| Armenian | Սեղանի թենիս |
| Asturian | Tenis de mesa |
| Azerbaijani | Stolüstü tennis |
| Bashkir | Өҫтәл теннисы |
| Basque | Ping-pong |
| Belarusian | Настольны тэніс |
| Belarusian | Настольны тэніс |
| Bengali | টেবিল টেনিস |
| Bosnian | Stoni tenis |
| Bulgarian | Тенис на маса |
| Cantonese | 乒乓波 |
| Catalan | Tennis de taula |
| Chinese | 乒乓球 |
| Croatian | Stolni tenis |
| Czech | Stolní tenis |
| Danish | Bordtennis |
| Dutch | Tafeltennis |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਟੇਬਲ ਟੈਨਿਸ |
| English | Table tennis |
| Esperanto | Tabloteniso |
| Estonian | Lauatennis |
| Faroese | Borðtennis |
| Finnish | Pöytätennis |
| French | Tennis de table |
| Galician | Tenis de mesa |
| Georgian | მაგიდის ჩოგბურთი |
| German | Tischtennis |
| Greek | Επιτραπέζια αντισφαίριση |
| Haitian | Pingpong |
| Hakka | Chok-khiù |
| Hebrew | טניס שולחן |
| Hindi | टेबल टेनिस |
| Hungarian | Asztalitenisz |
| Icelandic | Borðtennis |
| Ido | Tabloteniso |
| Indonesian | Tenis meja |
| Italian | Tennistavolo |
| Japanese | 卓球 |
| Javanese | Pingpong |
| Kannada | ಟೇಬಲ್ ಟೆನ್ನಿಸ್ |
| Kashubian | Stołowi tenys |
| Kazakh | Үстел теннисі |
| Korean | 탁구 |
| Latin | Teniludium mensale |
| Latvian | Galda teniss |
| Lithuanian | Stalo tenisas |
| Luxembourgish | Dëschtennis |
| Macedonian | Пинг-понг |
| Malay | Pingpong |
| Malayalam | ടേബിൾ ടെന്നീസ് |
| Marathi | टेबल टेनिस |
| Min Dong | Pĭng-pŏng-giù |
| Min Nan | Toh-kiû |
| Mongolian | Ширээний теннис |
| Nepali | टेबुल टेनिस |
| Norwegian | Bordtennis |
| Norwegian | Bordtennis |
| Occitan | Tennis de taula |
| Persian | تنیس روی میز |
| Picard | Tennis éd tabe |
| Polish | Tenis stołowy |
| Portuguese | Tênis de mesa |
| Romanian | Tenis de masă |
| Russian | Настольный теннис |
| Sanskrit | टेबल्-टेनिस्-क्रीडा |
| Scots | Table tennis |
| Serbian | Стони тенис |
| Serbo-Croatian | Stoni tenis |
| Sinhalese | මේස පන්දු |
| Slovak | Stolný tenis |
| Slovene | Namizni tenis |
| Sorani Kurdish | تێنیسی سەرمێز |
| Southern Azerbaijani | میز اوسته تنیس |
| Spanish | Tenis de mesa |
| Sundanese | Tenis Meja |
| Swedish | Bordtennis |
| Tagalog | Pingpong |
| Tamil | மேசைப்பந்தாட்டம் |
| Tatar | Өстәл теннисы |
| Telugu | టేబుల్ టెన్నిస్ |
| Thai | เทเบิลเทนนิส |
| Tibetan | ཕིན་ཕང་སྤོ་ལོ། |
| Turkish | Masa tenisi |
| Ukrainian | Настільний теніс |
| Uyghur | Tiktak top |
| Uzbek | Stol tennisi |
| Venetian | Pinpón |
| Vietnamese | Bóng bàn |
| Walloon | Tenisse di tåve |
| Welsh | Tenis bwrdd |
| Wu | 乒乓球 |
Related Pages
- About the Sport of Table Tennis (ping pong)
- List of Table Tennis Polls
- Tennis in other Languages
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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