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MIXED DOUBLES [1 record]

Record 1 2012-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A tennis, table tennis or badminton competition involving a partnership between two teammates of the opposite sex.

PHR

Cutthroat mixed doubles.

PHR

To compete in mixed doubles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Épreuve dans laquelle s'affrontent deux équipes composées d'un homme et d'une femme.

OBS

Il se tient un double mixte en tennis, tennis de table et badminton. Dans le langage courant, on fait de l'adjectif «mixte» un nom : «l'emporter dans le simple et le mixte»; dans le premier cas, seul, dans le second, avec un ou une partenaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
Key term(s)
  • dobles mixtos
  • mixtos
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