Football

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Football (international).

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American football.

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Etymology[edit | edit source]

foot + ball; may refer to the act of kicking a ball with the feet, or to the fact that games are played on foot, as opposed to on horseback.

Noun[edit | edit source]

Singular
Football

Plural
s

Football (s)

(not North America, uncountable) association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
Each team scored three goals when they played football.
(US, uncountable) American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.
(Canadian, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
They played football in the snow.
(Australian, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Template:Context 5) Australian rules football.
(Australian, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
The player kicked the football.
(uncountable) Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
(metaphorical, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
That budget item became a political football.
(Irish, uncountable) A field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
(slang, countable) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.

Synonyms[edit | edit source]

("football" in Britain):
- (all varieties of English): association football, soccer (all varieties of English), wogball (Australian racist slang)
- (British slang): footie
("football" in the US): (British) American football, (Australian) gridiron, gridiron football
("football" in Canada): (outside Canada) Canadian football
("football" in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia): footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL
("football" in New South Wales and Queensland): footy, league
(ball):
- (in all varieties of English and in all games called "football"): ball
- (Australia: in Aussie rules and rugby): footy, pill
- (Australia: in football (soccer)): soccerball
- (in US: American football): pigskin

Derived terms[edit | edit source]

Translations[edit | edit source]

in Britain

Afrikaans: sokker af(af)
Arabic: كرة القدم (kúrat al-qádam) f.
Armenian: ֆուտբոլ hy(hy) (futbol)
Bosnian: fudbal bs(bs) m., nogomet bs(bs) m.
Bulgarian: футбол bg(bg) (futbol) m.
Catalan: futbol m.
Chinese: 足球 (zúqiú)
Croatian: nogomet hr(hr) m.
Czech: fotbal m., kopaná f.
Danish: fodbold
Dutch: voetbal nl(nl) n.
Esperanto: futbalo eo(eo)
Estonian: jalgpall et(et)
Finnish: jalkapallo fi(fi)
French: football m., foot m., soccer m. (Canada)
Georgian: ფეხბურთი ka(ka) (p'exburt'i)
German: Fußball m., Fussball m. (Switzerland)
Greek: ποδόσφαιρο el(el) (podósfero) m.
Hebrew: כַּדוּרֶגֶל (kadurégel) m.
Hungarian: labdarúgás hu(hu), foci hu(hu), futball hu(hu)
Icelandic: fótbolti is(is)
Indonesian: sepak bola id(id)
Interlingua: football
Irish: peil ga(ga), sacar ga(ga)
Italian: calcio it(it) m.
Japanese: サッカー ja(ja) (sakkā)
Korean: 축구 (chukgu)

Latvian: futbols lv(lv) m.
Macedonian: фудбал mk(mk) (fúdbal) m.
Malay: bola sepak
Maltese: futbol mt(mt)
Norwegian: fotball no(no)
Old English: fōtball ang(ang) m.
Persian: فوتبال fa(fa) (futbāl)
Polish: piłka nożna pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: futebol pt(pt) m.
Romanian: fotbal ro(ro) n.
Russian: футбол ru(ru) (futból) m.
Scots: fitbaw
Scottish Gaelic: ball-coise gd(gd) m.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: фудбал m., ногомет m.

Roman: fudbal m., nogomet m.
Slovak: futbal sk(sk) m.
Slovene: nogomet sl(sl) m.
Spanish: fútbol es(es) m., futbol es(es) m. (Mexico); balompié es(es) m.; pambol es(es) (Mexico)
Swedish: fotboll sv(sv) c.
Thai: ฟุตบอล th(th) (fóot-bon)
Turkish: futbol tr(tr)
Ukrainian: футбол uk(uk) (futból) m., сокер uk(uk) (sóker) m., копаний м’яч uk(uk) (kópanyj m”jač) m.
Welsh: pêl-droed
West Frisian: fuotbal

in US

Arabic: كرة القدم الأمريكية (kórat al-qádam al-’amrikaníyya) f.
Armenian: ամերիկյան ֆուտբոլ hy(hy) (amerikyan futbol)
Catalan: futbol americà m.
Chinese: 橄榄球 (gǎnlǎnqiú)
Croatian: američki nogomet m.
Czech: americký fotbal cs(cs) m.
Danish: amerikansk fodbold
Dutch: rugby nl(nl) n., American football nl(nl) n.
Estonian: ameerika jalgpall et(et)
Finnish: amerikkalainen jalkapallo fi(fi), jenkkifutis fi(fi)
French:
French: football américain m.

Canada: football m.
German: American Football de(de) m.
Greek: αμερικανικό ποδόσφαιρο (amerikanikó podósfero) m.
Hebrew: פוטבול אמריקאי (football amerikai) m.
Hungarian: amerikai foci
Italian: football americano m.

Japanese: フットボール ja(ja) (futtobōru)
Korean: 미식축구 (misik chukgu)
Latvian: amerikāņu futbols m.
Macedonian: американски фудбал mk(mk) (amerikánski fúdbal) m.
Maltese: futbol Amerikan
Norwegian: amerikansk fotball no(no)
Polish: futbol m., futbol amerykański m.
Portuguese: futebol americano pt(pt) m.
Russian: американский футбол ru(ru) (amerikánskij futból) m.
Slovak: americký futbal m.
Slovene: ameriški nogomet m.
Spanish: fútbol americano m.; fútbol estadounidense m.
Mexican Spanish: futbol americano m.; futbol estadounidense m.
Swedish: amerikansk fotboll
Thai: อเมริกันฟุตบอล (àmayrígan fóot-bon)
Turkish: amerikan futbolu
Ukrainian: американський футбол uk(uk) (amerykáns’kyj futból) m.
West Frisian: Rugby

in Canada

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French:
French: football canadien m.

Canada: football m.
Macedonian: канадски фудбал mk(mk) (kánadski fúdbal) m.
Maltese: futbol Kanadiż

Polish: futbol kanadyjski pl(pl) m.
Russian: канадский футбол ru(ru) (kanádskij futból) m.
Slovak: kanadský futbal m.
Ukrainian: канадський футбол uk(uk) (kanáds’kyj futból) m., канадійський футбол uk(uk) (kanadíjs’kyj futból) m.
West Frisian: Kanadeesk rugby

in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia

Czech: australský fotbal m.
Danish: australsk fodbold
Finnish: australialainen jalkapallo

French: football australien fr(fr) m.
Macedonian: австралиски фудбал mk(mk) (avstráliski fúdbal) m.
Russian: австралийский футбол ru(ru) (avstralíjskij futból) m.

in New South Wales, Queensland

Danish: rugby da(da)
French: rugby à XIII fr(fr) m.

Macedonian: рагби mk(mk) (rágbi) n.

ball

Armenian: ֆուտբոլի գնդակ hy(hy) (futboli gndak)
Catalan: pilota de futbol m., pilota m.
Croatian: nogometna lopta f.
Czech: (fotbalový) míč m.
Danish: fodbold c.
Dutch: voetbal nl(nl) m.
Estonian: jalgpall et(et)
Finnish: jalkapallo fi(fi)
French: ballon de foot m., ballon m.
Greek: μπάλα ποδοφαίρου el(el)
Hungarian: focilabda hu(hu)
Italian: pallone m., palla da calcio m., palla f., pallone da calcio m.

Korean: 축구공 (chukgugong)
Macedonian: фудбалска топка mk(mk) (fúdbalska tópka) f.
Maltese: ballun
Norwegian: fotball no(no)
Portuguese: bola de futebol f.
Scots: fitbaw
Slovak: futbalová lopta f.
Slovene: nogometna žoga f.
Swedish: fotboll sv(sv) c.
Turkish: futbol topu
West Frisian: bal

practise of any of these games

Danish: fodbold, fodboldspil
Dutch: voetballen nl(nl) n.
Estonian: jalgpall et(et)
Finnish: jalkapallo fi(fi)

Norwegian: fotball no(no)
Scots: fitbaw
West Frisian: fuotbalje

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