Football

English

Noun

Football (countable and uncountable; plural Footballs)

1. (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.
2. (US, uncountable) American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
3. (Canada, 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.
4. (Australian, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football.
5. (Irish, uncountable) Gaelic football: 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.
6. (Australian, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
7. (Australian, Irish, New Zealand) rugby union
8. (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
9. (uncountable) Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
10. (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
11. (slang, countable) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.

Synonyms

• ("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, (Australia) 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• ("football" in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia): footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL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
• ("football (association football)" in Australia): soccer
• (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

terms related to "football"

American football arena football Australian rules football Barbarian football blow football Canadian flag football Canadian football Gaelic football

five-a-side football flag football football hooligan football match football player football tennis footballer footballing foosball futbolín gridiron football table football touch football tackle football

Etymology

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.

Translations

British game

Afrikaans: sokker (af) Arabic: كرة القدم (ar) (kúrat al-qádam) f. Armenian: ֆուտբոլ (hy) (futbol) Azeri: futbol (az) Bosnian: fudbal (bs) m., nogomet (bs) m. Bulgarian: футбол (bg) (futbol) m. Catalan: futbol m. Chinese: Mandarin: 足球 (cmn) (zúqiú) Croatian: nogomet (hr) m. Czech: fotbal m., kopaná f. Danish: fodbold (da) Dutch: voetbal (nl) n. Esperanto: futbalo (eo), piedpilko (eo) Estonian: jalgpall (et) Finnish: jalkapallo (fi) French: football (fr) m., foot (fr) m., soccer (fr) m. (Canada) Georgian: ფეხბურთი (ka) (p'exburt'i) German: Fußball m., Fussball m. (Switzerland) Greek: ποδόσφαιρο (el) (podósfairo) n. Hebrew: כַּדּוּרֶגֶל (he) (kadurégel) m. Hindi: फ़ुटबॉल (hi) (fuṭbol), फ़ुटबाल (hi) (fuṭbāl, fuṭbol), फुटबॉल (hi) (phuṭbol) Hungarian: labdarúgás (hu), foci (hu), futball (hu) Icelandic: fótbolti (is) Indonesian: sepak bola (id) Interlingua: football Irish: peil (ga), sacar (ga) Italian: calcio (it) m. Japanese: サッカー (ja) (sakkā), 蹴球 (ja) (しゅうきゅう, shūkyū) (rare) Korean: 축구 (ko) (chukgu) (蹴球 (ko)) Latin: pesball (la)

Latvian: futbols (lv) m. Lithuanian: futbolas (lt) Luxembourgish: Foussball (lb) m. Macedonian: фудбал (mk) (fúdbal) m. Malay: bola sepak Maltese: futbol (mt) Navajo: jooł nabíznítaałí Norwegian: fotball (no) Old English: fōtball (ang) m. Persian: فوتبال (fa) (futbāl) Polish: piłka nożna (pl) f. Portuguese: futebol (pt) m. Romanian: fotbal (ro) n. Russian: футбол (ru) (futból) m. Scots: fitbaw Scottish Gaelic: ball-coise (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: фудбал m., ногомет m. Roman: fudbal m., nogomet m. Slovak: futbal (sk) m. Slovene: nogomet (sl) m. Spanish: fútbol (es) m., futbol (es) m. (Mexico); balompié (es) m.; pambol (es) (Mexico) Swedish: fotboll (sv) c. Thai: ฟุตบอล (th) (fóot-bon) Turkish: futbol (tr) Ukrainian: футбол (uk) (futból) m., сокер (uk) (sóker) m., копаний м’яч (uk) (kópanyj m”jač) m. Urdu: فٹ بال (ur) (fuṭ bāl) Vietnamese: bóng đá (vi) c. Welsh: pêl-droed West Frisian: fuotbal Yiddish: פֿוסבאָל (yi) (fusbol) m.

US game

Arabic: كرة القدم الأمريكية (kórat al-qádam al-’amrikaníyya) f. Armenian: ամերիկյան ֆուտբոլ (hy) (amerikyan futbol) Catalan: futbol americà m. Chinese: 橄榄球 (gǎnlǎnqiú) Croatian: američki nogomet m. Czech: americký fotbal (cs) m. Danish: amerikansk fodbold (da) Dutch: rugby (nl) n., American football (nl) n. Esperanto: usona futbalo (eo), usona piedpilko (eo) Estonian: ameerika jalgpall (et) Finnish: amerikkalainen jalkapallo (fi), jenkkifutis (fi) French: French: football américain m. Canada: football m. German: American Football (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) (futtobōru) Korean: 미식축구 (misik chukgu) Latvian: amerikāņu futbols m. Macedonian: американски фудбал (mk) (amerikánski fúdbal) m. Maltese: futbol Amerikan Navajo: jooł yitalí Norwegian: amerikansk fotball (no) Polish: futbol m., futbol amerykański m. Portuguese: futebol americano (pt) m. Russian: американский футбол (ru) (amerikánskij futból) m. Slovak: americký futbal m. Slovene: ameriški nogomet m. Spanish: fútbol americano m., fútbol estadounidense m. (Mexico) futbol americano m., futbol estadounidense m. Swedish: amerikansk fotboll (sv) Thai: อเมริกันฟุตบอล (àmayrígan fóot-bon) Turkish: Amerikan futbolu (tr) Ukrainian: американський футбол (uk) (amerykáns’kyj futból) m. West Frisian: Rugby

Canadian game

Aweer: bobbo Esperanto: kanada futbalo (eo), kanada piedpilko (eo) French: French: football canadien m. Canada: football m. Macedonian: канадски фудбал (mk) (kánadski fúdbal) m. Maltese: futbol Kanadiż

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

game in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia

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

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

game in New South Wales, Queensland

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

Macedonian: рагби (mk) (rágbi) n.

ball

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

Korean: 축구공 (chukgugong) Lojban: boltipyboi (jbo) Macedonian: фудбалска топка (mk) (fúdbalska tópka) f. Maltese: ballun Navajo: jooł Norwegian: fotball (no) Portuguese: bola de futebol f. Russian: футбольный мяч (ru) (futból'nyj mjáč) m. Scots: fitbaw Slovak: futbalová lopta f. Slovene: nogometna žoga f. Swedish: fotboll (sv) c. Turkish: futbol topu West Frisian: bal

practise of any of these games

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

Lojban: boltipkei (jbo) Norwegian: fotball (no) Scots: fitbaw West Frisian: fuotbalje Guaraní: vakapi (1) Volapük: futaglöpäd

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French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fut.bol/, SAMPA: /fut.bOl/

Noun

Football m. (plural Footballs)

1. (Europe) soccer
2. (Canada) Canadian football
3. (less common) American football

Synonyms

• (soccer): (colloquial) foot
• (soccer): (Quebec) soccer
• (American football): football américain

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Interlingua

Etymology

From English.

Noun

Football (uncountable)

1. football (soccer)