{"id":6268,"date":"2018-07-12T14:26:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:51:18","slug":"french-and-the-language-of-love-deuce-let-and-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/french-and-the-language-of-love-deuce-let-and-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"French and the Language of Love, Deuce, Let and Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img src=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ThinkstockPhotos-520466283.jpg\" alt=\"Young woman playing tennis\" class=\"wp-image-6269\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this quick guide to tennis terminology and where it comes from.&nbsp; (Answer: mostly French!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to some experts, <strong><em>love<\/em><\/strong> in tennis may come from the French word for egg, <em>l\u2019oeuf<\/em>, because an egg looks like a zero.&nbsp; Others insist it\u2019s so named because the game is being played <em>for love<\/em> ie without any bets being placed.&nbsp; Ironically, the French don\u2019t use the word <em>love<\/em> in their game.&nbsp; They call it zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Deuce<\/em><\/strong> (so called when the score reaches 40-40 in tennis) is also thought to come from the French.&nbsp; It could derive from the word <em>deus<\/em>, Old French for two or from <em>\u00e0 deux de jeu<\/em> (meaning two points from the end of the game).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Let<\/em><\/strong> (when a ball hits the net when it\u2019s being served) could have got its name because the umpire \u201clets\u201d you try again.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although another possibility is that it\u2019s short for <em>filet<\/em>, the French word for net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the word <strong><em>tennis<\/em><\/strong> is believed to come from the French word \u201ctenez\u201d (from the verb tenir) meaning to hold, receive or take.&nbsp;&nbsp; Originally it was called out by the server to let their opponent know a ball was about to come their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For other French words and phrases, like the ones below, try uTalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Est-ce que vous jouez au tennis&nbsp;?<\/em>&nbsp;(Do you play tennis?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re le football.<\/em>&nbsp; (I prefer football.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not got uTalk French yet?\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/plans\/french?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=lovedeucelettennis\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/plans\/french?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=lovedeucelettennis\">Try out uTalk French<\/a>, and get 40% off. Instant access, available on all your devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this quick guide to tennis terminology and where it comes from.&nbsp; (Answer: mostly French!) According to some experts, love in tennis may come from the French word for egg, l\u2019oeuf, because an egg looks like a zero.&nbsp; Others insist it\u2019s so named because the game is being played for love ie without any &#8230; <a title=\"French and the Language of Love, Deuce, Let and Tennis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/french-and-the-language-of-love-deuce-let-and-tennis\/\" aria-label=\"More on French and the Language of Love, Deuce, Let and Tennis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,24,170],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9148,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions\/9148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}