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de⋅dans

  [duh-dahn]
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–noun, plural -dans  [-dahn] . (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:
1700–10; < F: (the) inside, MF (adv. and prep.), OF dedenz, equiv. to de of (< L dē) + denz in (< LL deintus, equiv. to L dē- de- + intus inside (adv.))
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de·dans   (də-däɴ')   
n.   pl. dedans (-däɴ', -däɴz')

  1. A screened gallery for spectators at the service end of a court-tennis court.

  2. The spectators at a court-tennis match.


[French, from dedans, inside, from Old French dedenz : de, of, from (from Latin dē; see de-) + denz, within (from Late Latin deintus, from within : Latin dē + Latin intus, within; see en in Indo-European roots).]
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