pingpong

See also: ping-pong and ping pong

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

pingpong (countable and uncountable, plural pingpongs)

1. Alternative form of ping pong.

Translations

ping pong — see also ping-pong,‎ table tennis

• Polish: ping-pong (pl) m inan
• Spanish: pimpón (es) m

Verb

pingpong (third-person singular simple present pingpongs, present participle pingponging, simple past and past participle pingponged)

1. Alternative form of ping pong.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penɡpɔnɡ/, [ˈpʰeŋˌpʰʌŋ], [pʰeŋˈpʰʌŋ]

Noun

pingpong c (singular definite pingpongen, not used in plural form)

1. ping pong, table tennis
2. ping pong, quick dialogue, repartee

Synonyms

• (table tennis): bordtennis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pingpong n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. ping pong, table tennis

Synonyms

• (table tennis): tafeltennis

Verb

pingpong

1. inflection of pingpongen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong, of onomatopoeic origin, trademarked by British sports and game equipment manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpimpoŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: ping‧pong
• Rhymes: -oŋɡ

Noun

pingpong (usually uncountable, plural pingpongok)

1. (informal) ping pong

   Synonym: asztalitenisz

Usage notes

Pingpong and asztalitenisz are synonyms for table tennis. However, pingpong is used more often in the spoken language and in informal situations and it may also refer to the everyday version of the sport that anyone can play while asztalitenisz means the professional version played by athletes. *Ping-pong with a hyphen is incorrect spelling in all derivations. [1]

The same distinction appears in other pairs of sports-related terms (see below), where in all cases the native term (first column) is the one used in professional or official contexts, and the borrowed one (second column) is to some varying degree colloquial:

labdarúgás ~ futball (“football”)

ökölvívás ~ boksz (“boxing”)

kerékpár ~ bicikli (“bicycle”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pingpong	pingpongok
accusative	pingpongot	pingpongokat
dative	pingpongnak	pingpongoknak
instrumental	pingponggal	pingpongokkal
causal-final	pingpongért	pingpongokért
translative	pingponggá	pingpongokká
terminative	pingpongig	pingpongokig
essive-formal	pingpongként	pingpongokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pingpongban	pingpongokban
superessive	pingpongon	pingpongokon
adessive	pingpongnál	pingpongoknál
illative	pingpongba	pingpongokba
sublative	pingpongra	pingpongokra
allative	pingponghoz	pingpongokhoz
elative	pingpongból	pingpongokból
delative	pingpongról	pingpongokról
ablative	pingpongtól	pingpongoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pingpongé	pingpongoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pingpongéi	pingpongokéi

Possessive forms of pingpong

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pingpongom	pingpongjaim
2nd person sing.	pingpongod	pingpongjaid
3rd person sing.	pingpongja	pingpongjai
1st person plural	pingpongunk	pingpongjaink
2nd person plural	pingpongotok	pingpongjaitok
3rd person plural	pingpongjuk	pingpongjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• pingpongasztal
• pingpongháló
• pingponglabda
• pingpongozik
• pingpongütő

Further reading

• pingpong in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinkpɔnk/, [ˈpiŋkpɔŋk]
• Rhymes: -inkpɔnk
• Hyphenation: pin‧gpong

Noun

pingpong m inan (genitive singular pingpongu, nominative plural pingpongy, genitive plural pingpongov, declension pattern of dub)

1. ping pong, table tennis

   Synonym: stolný tenis

References

• “pingpong”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Noun

pingpong c

1. (sports, informal) ping pong (table tennis)

   Synonyms: (more common) pingis, (not informal) bordtennis

Declension

Declension of pingpong

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pingpong	pingpongs
	definite	pingpongen	pingpongens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• pingpongboll
• pingpongbord
• pingpongracket

References

• “pingpong”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pingpong”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pingpong”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pimpong
• ping pong

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping pong, a genericized trademark of onomatopoeic origin. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpiŋpoŋ/ [ˈpim.poŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋpoŋ
• Syllabification: ping‧pong

Noun

pingpong (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜅ᜔) (sports)

1. ping pong; table tennis

Further reading

• “pingpong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “pingpong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018