"Badminton" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase il badminton. The masculine singular phrase translates literally as "the (game of) badminton" since Italian employs definite articles where English does and does not use "the." The pronunciation will be "eel BAD-meen-TON" in Pisan Italian.
Il in Italian means "the" in English.
Il messaggio in Italian is "the message" in English.
Il Cenacolo in Italian is "The Last Supper" in English.
Il placet in Italian means "the permit" in English.
Il pescecane in Italian means "the dogfish" in English.
Il piede in Italian means "the foot" in English.
Il genio in Italian is "the genius" in English.
Il fortunato in Italian means "the lucky one" in English.
"The tomorrow" in English is il domani in Italian.
"The devil" in English is il diavolo in Italian.
"The job" in English is il lavoro in Italian.
"The best!" in English is Il migliore! in Italian.